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01-03-2013 | Case report

Superficial palmar arch completion at the first interdigital cleft: a case report

Authors: Rajalakshmi Rai, Latha Venkatraya Prabhu, Aravind Yadav, Chitra Prakash Rao, Mamatha Tonse, Murlimanju Bukkambudhi Virupakshamurthy

Published in: Anatomical Science International | Issue 2/2013

Abstract

Knowledge of variations in the formation of superficial palmar arch is beneficial for successful vascular surgery in the hand as well as for plastic surgeons. The authors describe an unusual completion of superficial palmar arch by first dorsal metacarpal branch of radial artery at the first interdigital cleft which was encountered during routine upper limb dissection for undergraduates. The arteria princeps pollicis and arteria radialis indicis also were the branches of first dorsal metacarpal artery at the first interdigital cleft.

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Title: Superficial palmar arch completion at the first interdigital cleft: a case report
Authors: Rajalakshmi Rai
Latha Venkatraya Prabhu
Aravind Yadav
Chitra Prakash Rao
Mamatha Tonse
Murlimanju Bukkambudhi Virupakshamurthy
Publication date: 01-03-2013
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Anatomical Science International / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 1447-6959
Electronic ISSN: 1447-073X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12565-012-0130-5

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