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The Blood Supply of the Scaphoid Bone

M.J. Oehmke, T. Podranski*, R. Klauc, E. Knolle, S. Weindel, S. Rein, and H.J. Oehmke

From the Department of Special Anaesthesia and Pain Control, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; the Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Giessen, Germany; Outcomes Research Consortium, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; the Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital of Dresden, Germany

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.


  Abstract

Scaphoid vascularisation was investigated using macroscopic and microscopic techniques in 12 uninjured, formalin fixed cadaver hands. A good blood supply of the scaphoid bone from palmar, dorsal and radial vessel groups with a variety of anastomoses was found which should provide sufficient collateral blood flow from adjacent regions in some patients. Since blood supply is available from the palmar circulation, a dorsal approach to the scaphoid bone is possible.

Key Words: scaphoid, bone, anatomy, blood, supply, vessels, vascularisation

First published on March 12, 2009, doi:10.1177/1753193408100117

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) 2009;34:351.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2009

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