The blood supply of the scaphoid bone.
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.
Oehmke
M J
MJ
Department of Special Anaesthesia and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Podranski
T
T
Klaus
R
R
Knolle
E
E
Weindel
S
S
Rein
S
S
Oehmke
H J
HJ
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