The Anomalous Radial Artery: A Rare Vascular Variant and Its Implications in Radial Forearm Free Tissue Transfer
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Radial Artery Anomaly | Source |
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Duplication of radial artery | [15,16] |
Radial artery passing deep to pronator teres | [17] |
Superficial dorsal antebrachial artery | [8,11,18,19,20] |
Hypoplasia of radial artery | [6,7,21] |
Aberrant dorsal course of radial artery around Lister’s tubercle | [22] |
Absence of perforators from the radial artery to the skin | [13] |
Distal origin of radial artery deep to pronator teres | [23] |
Superficial dorsal antebrachial artery | |
High origin of radial artery | |
Aberrant midaxial vessel arising directly from the axial artery | [10] |
High origin of the radial artery | [8,9,10,20,24,25,26,27,28] |
Absent radial artery | [29] |
Superficial radial artery lateral to normal vessel originating from it | [2] |
Accessory branch of the radial artery at the level of mid forearm extending laterally subcutaneously into the dorsal wrist | [14] |
Accessory branch of the radial artery | [5,26] |
Duplication of the radial artery close to cephalic vein | [30] |
Radial artery in the carpal tunnel | [31,32,33] |
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Staebler, M.H.; Anzalone, C.L.; Price, D.L. The Anomalous Radial Artery: A Rare Vascular Variant and Its Implications in Radial Forearm Free Tissue Transfer. Craniomaxillofac. Trauma Reconstr. 2020, 13, 215-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/1943387520904206
Staebler MH, Anzalone CL, Price DL. The Anomalous Radial Artery: A Rare Vascular Variant and Its Implications in Radial Forearm Free Tissue Transfer. Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction. 2020; 13(3):215-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/1943387520904206
Chicago/Turabian StyleStaebler, Maximilian H., Charles Lane Anzalone, and Daniel L. Price. 2020. "The Anomalous Radial Artery: A Rare Vascular Variant and Its Implications in Radial Forearm Free Tissue Transfer" Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction 13, no. 3: 215-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/1943387520904206
APA StyleStaebler, M. H., Anzalone, C. L., & Price, D. L. (2020). The Anomalous Radial Artery: A Rare Vascular Variant and Its Implications in Radial Forearm Free Tissue Transfer. Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction, 13(3), 215-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/1943387520904206