A study of variation in origin of profunda femoris artery and its branches

Abstract

<p><strong>Objective-</strong> To study the variations in origin of profunda femoris artery and its branches in cadavers.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods</strong>- In the present study, dissection was performed on 60 lower extremities of 30 embalmed cadavers in the department of anatomy, Dr.D.Y.Patil Medical college, Kolhapur. Prevalence of the mode and configurations of origins of the profunda femoris artery, medial and lateral femoral circumflex arteries were observed.</p><p><strong>Result-</strong> In our study we found that Profunda femoris artery was originating from the femoral artery 37.12 mm distal to the midpoint of the inguinal ligament. The lateral and medial femoral circumflex arteries were originating directly from femoral artery in 15% and 22% of extremities respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion-</strong> Clinicians and surgeons should be fully aware with such variations while performing any invasive, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.</p

Origin of profunda femoris artery and its circumflex femoral branches: anatomical variations and clinical significance

“…The mean measurement of this distance was 19.1 ± 1.4 mm in male and 18.9 ± 1.7 mm in female limbs and these results agreed with the values mentioned in the literature as 20 mm [15] and 24.4 mm [2] in Indian population. Moreover, the present study revealed a significant side but with no sex difference, where the mean of this distance measured 18.6 ± 2.1 mm in the right male, 19.6 ± 1.9 mm in the left male, 18.8 ± 2.7 mm in the right female and 19.1 ± 2.1 mm in the left female limbs.…”

“…In disagreement with the results of present study, different ranges of the distance were obtained in literature: 31-40 mm in right limbs and 41-50 mm in left limbs [8]; 55 mm on right side and 45 mm on left side [17]; commonly between 31-40 mm [2] and its mean was 42 mm [15], 44 mm [18], 32 mm [16] and its normal range was 35-40 mm [21]. Awareness of the original site and distance of PFA is important for prevention of iatrogenic injuries that may occur during the diagnostic or therapeutic procedures in the femoral region.…”

“…This result was 59.5% found by Lalovic et al [12], 56% on right and 66.7% on left side reported by Dixit et al [8], 62% stated by Samarawickrama et al [17], 63% found by Siddharth et al [18], 63.2% found by Adachi [1], and 67.2% reported by Prakash et al [15]. However, higher percentages were reported by Tanyeli et al [23] in 79%, Massoud and Fletcher [14] in 81%, Vasquez et al [25] in 78.8%, and Anwer et al [2] in 73.33%. Meanwhile, Basar et al [4] in their angiographic study found the normal original pattern of MCFA in 40.9% of the cases.…”

“…In agreement with the results of the present study, Dixit et al [8] found that MCFA originated from FA in 15.3% superior to the origin of PFA and in 6.6% inferior to the origin of PFA with right side predominance. Adachi [1] found the later pattern in 14%, Siddharth et al [18] in 26%, Massoud and Fletcher [14] in 6.4%, Basar et al [4] in 48.9%, Tanyeli et al [23] in 15%, Prakash et al [15] in 32.8%, Samarawickrama et al [17] in 31% and Anwer [2] in 21.67% of the cases.…”

The variable origin of the lateral circumflex femoral artery: a meta-analysis and proposal for a new classification system

“…The lateral circumflex femoral artery (LCFA) is a laterally running branch of the deep femoral artery (DFA), or less frequently, the common femoral artery (CFA) [1,30,31]. It most often arises from the root of the DFA and passes between divisions of the femoral nerve, posteriorly to the sartorius and rectus femoris muscles.…”