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KMID : 0358819840110020147
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Journal of Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
1984 Volume.11 No. 2 p.147 ~ p.151
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THE MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE DORSALIS PEDIS ARTERY OF KOREAN ADULT
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Kang Hee-Moon
Choi Kyu-Nam
Choi Hee-Youn
Kim Han-Jung
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Abstract
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The dorsalis pedis flap has been used in reconstruction of the head and neck, the hand and the foot. The free skin flap transfer by microvascular anastomosis has been developed recently for wide employment in reconstructive surgery.
The anatomy of the flap and the specific size, pattern, location and the variation of the vessel are important in the wide and varied reconstructive applications of the flap. Using 22 Korean adult cadavers, the mean length and diameter were measured and the course and variation of the dorsalis pedis artery and the relationship among the adjacent structures were studied. The results are summerized as follows:
1. The mean diameter of the dorsalis pedis artery on the upper limit of the extensor retinaculum is 2.9mm and the mean length of the vascular pedicle from the 1st web space is 13.5cm.
2. The mean diameter of the 1st metatarsal artery is 1.5mm and the mean length of the vascular pedicle from the 1st web space is 4.5cm.
3. The course and variation of the dorsalis pedis artery.
type Ⅰ is 77%, normal course of the dorsalis pedis artery.
type Ⅱ is 8%, dominant blood supply from the lateral tarsal artery.
type Ⅲ is 8%, the absence of the 1st metatarsal artery.
type Ⅳ is 5%, the distal skin on the dorsum of the foot is supplied by the posterior tibial artery.
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