title: Unusual branching pattern of brachial artery - Embryological basis and clinicoanatomical insight.
abstract: Variations in the arterial pattern of upper limb are of colossal importance to the surgeons as they are liable to iatrogenic injuries. During routine dissection for undergraduate medical students, an anomaly of brachial artery was discovered. The brachial artery terminated at higher level into ulnar and radial artery. The common interosseus artery took origin arising from radial artery. The ulnar artery did not give any branches in the forearm. Both radial and ulnar artery displayed a superficial course in the forearm. The anatomical knowledge of these variations may be of great help for the clinicians in planning and conducting flap harvesting during reconstructive surgeries and in arteriography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi-110029, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hansdak
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi-110029, India.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Biology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110608, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi-110029, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi-110029, India.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Suri
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University Kebangsaan, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000098:blood supply
keywords: Artery; Brachial; Common- interosseus; Radial; Reconstructive surgeries