Anatomic  study of the infrapopliteal  vessels

D. Lappas; N. Stavropoulos; G. Noussios; V. Sakellariou; P. Skandalakis

Vol 71, No 3 (2012)

Original article

Submitted: 2012-03-20

Accepted: 2012-05-09

Published online: 2012-08-31

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Anatomic study of the infrapopliteal vessels

D. Lappas, N. Stavropoulos, G. Noussios, V. Sakellariou, P. Skandalakis

Folia Morphol 2012;71(3):164-167.

Vol 71, No 3 (2012)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Submitted: 2012-03-20

Accepted: 2012-05-09

Published online: 2012-08-31

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to study and analyse the anatomical variations of the infrapopliteal vessels concerning their branching pattern. A reliable sample of one hundred formalin fixed adult cadavers were dissected by the Anatomical Laboratory of Athens University. The variations can be classified in the following way; the normal branching of the popliteal artery was present in 90%. The remaining, reveal variant branching patterns; hypoplastic or aplastic posterior tibial artery (PT) and the pedis arteries arise from the peroneal (3%); hypoplastic or aplastic anterior tibial artery (AT) (1.5%); the dorsalis pedis is formed by two equal branches, arising from the peroneal and the anterior tibial artery (2%). The variations were more frequent in females and in short-height individuals. Knowledge of these variations is rather important for any invasive technic concerning lower extremities.