“Trifurcation” of femoral artery

DOI

10.1016/j.artres.2012.09.004How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Femoral artery ramification; Lateral circumflex femoral artery; Thigh flaps

Abstract

The present study describes analytically a rare case in which a trifurcation of Femoral Artery in Superficial Femoral Artery, Deep Femoral Artery and Lateral Circumflex Femoral Artery was found during dissection of a cadaver. This variation can be considered as a subdivision of Lateral Circumflex Femoral Artery arising from Femoral Artery (frequency: 15% according to Lipper and Pabst) but diameters of the vessels (Lateral Circumflex Femoral Artery was measured at 0.4 cm, of Deep Femoral Artery at 0.55 cm, Femoral Artery at 1 cm and Superficial Femoral Artery at 0.6 cm) and small distance between origin of Deep Femoral Artery and inguinal ligament indicate instead a true trifurcation rather than a simple subdivision. The anatomic variations of the branching pattern of the femoral region arteries concerning both their origin and course are especially important due to the numerous operations performed in the femoral region that implicate various specialties such as orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, vascular surgery, general surgery and invasive cardiology.

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© 2012 Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Theodore Troupis
AU  - Adamantios Michalinos
AU  - Lambros Markos
AU  - Alexandros Samolis
AU  - George Tsakotos
AU  - Dimitrios Dimitroulis
AU  - Dionysios Venieratos
AU  - Panayiotis Skandalakis
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012/10/02
TI  - “Trifurcation” of femoral artery
JO  - Artery Research
SP  - 106
EP  - 108
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SN  - 1876-4401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2012.09.004
DO  - 10.1016/j.artres.2012.09.004
ID  - Troupis2012
ER  -