Superficial ulnar artery terminating in a normal ulnar artery
โ Scribed by Ashim Mannan; Levent Sarikcioglu; Samuel Ghani; Alistair Hunter
- Book ID
- 101763919
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0897-3806
- DOI
- 10.1002/ca.20150
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The upper limbs of 72 f d i n -f i x e d human cadavas wm examined by dissectiOn for arterial anomalies. In one subject, the ulnarartery was notad to be a branch of the second part of theaxillaryartayonbodrrightandkftsides.Itranasuperficisloourseinthearm,croasedthe elbow immediately &¢ to the me
## Abstract ## Objectives: Superficial ulnar artery is a vascular anomaly that may be encountered during elevation of forearm flaps for head and neck reconstruction. This anomaly should be considered in patients with a positive Allen's test. ## Study Design: Case report and retrospective review
## Abstract The superficial ulnar artery (SUA) is an anatomical variation of the upper limb vasculature with a prevalence of 0.7โ9.4% in the population. The importance of this variant is that it may be cannulated inadvertently by an unsuspecting physician, leading to possible ischemia of the hand.