Frequency and Clinical Review of the Aberrant Obturator Artery: A Cadaveric Study
The occurrence of an aberrant obturator artery is common in human anatomy. Detailed knowledge of this anatomical variation is important for the outcome of pelvic and groin surgeries requiring appropriate ligation. Familiarity with the occurrence of an aberrant obturator artery is equally important f...
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| description | The occurrence of an aberrant obturator artery is common in human anatomy. Detailed knowledge of this anatomical variation is important for the outcome of pelvic and groin surgeries requiring appropriate ligation. Familiarity with the occurrence of an aberrant obturator artery is equally important for instructors teaching pelvic anatomy to students. Case studies highlighting this vascular variation provide anatomical instructors and surgeons with accurate information on how to identify such variants and their prevalence. Seven out of eighteen individuals studied (38.9%) exhibited an aberrant obturator artery, with two of those individuals presenting with bilateral aberrant obturator arteries (11.1%). Six of these individuals had an aberrant obturator artery that originated from the deep inferior epigastric artery (33.3%). One individual had an aberrant obturator artery that originated directly from the external iliac artery (5.6%). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc9bd26833cf4723acf0fd5ff9165e622023-11-20T08:35:18ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182020-07-0110854610.3390/diagnostics10080546Frequency and Clinical Review of the Aberrant Obturator Artery: A Cadaveric StudyGuinevere Granite0Keiko Meshida1Gary Wind2Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USADepartment of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USADepartment of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USAThe occurrence of an aberrant obturator artery is common in human anatomy. Detailed knowledge of this anatomical variation is important for the outcome of pelvic and groin surgeries requiring appropriate ligation. Familiarity with the occurrence of an aberrant obturator artery is equally important for instructors teaching pelvic anatomy to students. Case studies highlighting this vascular variation provide anatomical instructors and surgeons with accurate information on how to identify such variants and their prevalence. Seven out of eighteen individuals studied (38.9%) exhibited an aberrant obturator artery, with two of those individuals presenting with bilateral aberrant obturator arteries (11.1%). Six of these individuals had an aberrant obturator artery that originated from the deep inferior epigastric artery (33.3%). One individual had an aberrant obturator artery that originated directly from the external iliac artery (5.6%).https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/10/8/546aberrant obturator arteryinternal iliac branching variationsexternal iliac branching variationsanatomical variations |
| spellingShingle | Guinevere Granite Keiko Meshida Gary Wind Frequency and Clinical Review of the Aberrant Obturator Artery: A Cadaveric Study Diagnostics aberrant obturator artery internal iliac branching variations external iliac branching variations anatomical variations |
| title | Frequency and Clinical Review of the Aberrant Obturator Artery: A Cadaveric Study |
| title_full | Frequency and Clinical Review of the Aberrant Obturator Artery: A Cadaveric Study |
| title_fullStr | Frequency and Clinical Review of the Aberrant Obturator Artery: A Cadaveric Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Frequency and Clinical Review of the Aberrant Obturator Artery: A Cadaveric Study |
| title_short | Frequency and Clinical Review of the Aberrant Obturator Artery: A Cadaveric Study |
| title_sort | frequency and clinical review of the aberrant obturator artery a cadaveric study |
| topic | aberrant obturator artery internal iliac branching variations external iliac branching variations anatomical variations |
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