Abstract

ARIAS-HERNANDEZ, Andersson; PENALOZA, Jorge Eduardo  and  BALLESTEROS, Luis Ernesto. Superficial palmar arch: anatomy and clinical implications. Medicas UIS [online]. 2015, vol.28, n.3, pp.363-369. ISSN 0121-0319.  https://doi.org/10.18273/revmed.v28n3-2015011.

Introduction: The palmar irrigation has been the subject of research in different population groups using direct anatomical dissection. However, there is no standardized classification of superficial palmar arches, which leads the different authors to design own classifications. Objective: to determine the different patterns of superficial palmar arch, and the clinical and surgical revelance of the various anatomical variants associated with this structure. Research methodology: A literature search was performed in data bases Medline, Ovid, Proquest, Cochrane, Scielo, Lilacs and Hinary, besides classical texts of anatomy and surgery. Retrospective and cross-sectional studies were selected in cadaveric specimens made in different population groups between 1987 to 2014. Results: It was used the superficial palmar arch classification established by Lippert and Pabst, that presented the complete superficial palmar arch as the most common vascular pattern, with a prevalence of 56.7%, in which was the most common subtype the classic radio-ulnar (64%). The prevalence of incomplete surperficial palmar arch was 48.8%, with a subtype of ulnar pattern reported in 24.7% of the samples tested. Conclusions: Adequate knowledge of the different patterns of palmar Irrigation is essential for successful approaches in hand surgery, and for understanding the pathophysiology of diseases related to employment as hypothenar hammer syndrome. MÉD UIS. 2015;28(3):363-9.

Keywords : Anatomical Variation; Superficial Palmar Arch; Radial Artery; Ulnar Artery.

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