title: Variations of the pubic vascular anastomoses in black South Africans.
abstract: Variations of the arterial and venous pubic anastomoses (APA, VPA) were studied. Forty-four percent of the APA were replaced by an obturator artery arising from the inferior epigastric and 25% by an obturator artery arising from the external iliac. Seven percent of the VPA were replaced by a single obturator vein, 37% by the superior companion of a double obturator vein, and 2% by a double obturator vein. Black South African subjects exhibit a higher incidence of variations of the pubic anastomoses than North American, European and Japanese populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Missankov
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Asvat
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Maoba
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People; D002102:Cadaver; D019074:Epigastric Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply*; D013019:South Africa