title: Unusual disposition of lateral circumflex femoral artery: Anatomical description and clinical implications.
abstract: The anatomical knowledge of arterial variations of lower limb is of utmost significance for the present day surgeons and interventional radiologists for minimizing complications during vascular reconstructive procedures, catheterization procedures and surgical intervention for embolism. Lateral Circumflex Femoral Artery (LCFA) is an important branch of Profunda Femoris artery and precise knowledge of its variations can be of great relevance during surgical and radiological procedures in femoral region. The present study reports a unique case of anomalous route taken by LCFA posterior to femoral nerve associated with a prominent muscular branch from Femoral artery mimicking the course of LCFA. Documentation of such variations is highly significant. It may serve as guideline for surgeons in reducing the incidence of postoperative complications where LCFA is used as a long vascular pedicle in anterolateral perforator thigh flap and in breast reconstruction after mastectomy. Ignorance of such variations can lead to fatal intraoperative haemorrhage and incapacitating sensory and motor deficit due to injury to femoral nerve branches which are closely related to these vessels.
authors.affiliation: Shivi Goel, Jyoti Arora, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh Kumar Suri, Gayatri Rath, Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Shivi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.affiliation: Shivi Goel, Jyoti Arora, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh Kumar Suri, Gayatri Rath, Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Jyoti
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: Shivi Goel, Jyoti Arora, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh Kumar Suri, Gayatri Rath, Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Vandana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.affiliation: Shivi Goel, Jyoti Arora, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh Kumar Suri, Gayatri Rath, Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Shivi Goel, Jyoti Arora, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh Kumar Suri, Gayatri Rath, Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Suri
authors.affiliation: Shivi Goel, Jyoti Arora, Vandana Mehta, Rajesh Kumar Suri, Gayatri Rath, Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Gayatri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rath
keywords: Angiography; Femoral artery; Femoral nerve; Lateral circumflex femoral artery; Reconstructive surgical procedures; Surgical flaps