title: The blood supply of the scaphoid bone.
abstract: Scaphoid vascularisation was investigated using macroscopic and microscopic techniques in 12 uninjured, formalin fixed cadaver hands. A good blood supply of the scaphoid bone from palmar, dorsal and radial vessel groups with a variety of anastomoses was found which should provide sufficient collateral blood flow from adjacent regions in some patients. Since blood supply is available from the palmar circulation, a dorsal approach to the scaphoid bone is possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Special Anaesthesia and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Oehmke
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Podranski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klaus
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Knolle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weindel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rein
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Oehmke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002102:Cadaver; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology