THE STUDY OF VARIATION OF SUPERFICIAL PALMER ARCH AND ITS SURGICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN CENTRAL INDIA POPULATION

Dr Surekha W. Meshram; Dr V.P. Rukhmode

Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

THE STUDY OF VARIATION OF SUPERFICIAL PALMER ARCH AND ITS SURGICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN CENTRAL INDIA POPULATION

Dr Surekha W. Meshram, Dr V. P. Rukhmode

Abstract :

Introduction: Knowledge of blood supply of hand is important for operations..The vascular patterns of the palm have a variant structure which is very interesting . Now a days surgeons are very much interested in study the detailed vascular anatomy of palm are due to its complex variations and various microsurgical techniques. The study of superficial palmer arch is done by only few workers. The aim of the study is to know the anatomical variations in the formation of superficial palmer arch.

Materials and Methods: 50 dissected upper limbs specimens, out of which 34 males and 16 females aged between 30– 75years were obtained from Department of Anatomy, Shri Vasantrao Naik Govt. Medical college Yavatmal. The vascular pattern of superficial palmer arch was studied with the help of fine dissection method and photographed.

Results and Discussion: Out of 50 limbs, in 14 limbs superficial palmer arch is formed by ulnar artery without contribution of radial artery. In these cases occlusion of ulnar artery will lead to less blood supply to intrinsic muscles of the hand, due to which there will be formation of various pathological conditions