The arterial pattern of the upper limb is one of the systems that display many variations in the adult human body. Accurate information regarding these variations is important during vascular & reconstructive surgery and also in evaluation of angiographic images. Axillary artery is the direct continuation of the subclavian artery from the outer border of the first rib. The course of the axillar...

Variations of venous pattern in the arm are common. In this case report, we present a variation of axillary artery and vein. During routine educational dissections of axillary region, it was observed that a fenestrated axillary vein was perforated by a variant axillary artery in right arm of an old male cadaver. The axillary artery which was fenestrated through axillary vein had only two branch...

The proximal humerus internal locking system is an internal fixation device consisting of a low-profile plate and locking screws, which is used for the fixation of three- and four-part fractures of the proximal humerus. We describe a case in which the screws cut out of the humeral head causing injury to the axillary artery necessitating urgent removal of the implant.

PURPOSE To determine the accuracy of temporal artery and axillary temperatures and the discomfort level of stable neonates during temperature measurement. SUBJECTS Convenience sample of neonates between the ages of 32 and 40 weeks' gestation cared for in an isolette or crib. DESIGN A method-comparison design was used to compare different methods for noninvasive temperature monitoring (infra...

INTRODUCTION This case highlights the complexity of upper limb revascularization after a subclavian artery traumatic injury and strengthens the role of a hybrid/multi-disciplinary approach to such injuries. REPORT A 45-year-old male patient presented with an acute right upper limb following a traumatic injury to the right subclavian artery due to a motor vehicle accident (MVA). Associated inj...

The majority of the axillary artery aneurysm cases arise as pseudoaneurysms secondary to blunt or iatrogenic trauma. Isolated traumatic true axillary artery aneurysm is a relatively unusual disorder and generally occurs with repetitive blunt trauma. A 22-year-old female patient with distal axillary artery true aneurysm due to simple blunt axillothoracic trauma is presented. The aneurysm was exc...

Successful Treatment of Axillary-Subclavian Artery Thrombosis by Catheter-Based Thrombolytic Therapy: A Case Report

During a routine dissection a superficial artery was observed coursing subcutaneously at the anterior border of the axillary base towards the thoracic wall and bilaterally at the lower border of the pectoralis major muscle. On the right side it originated from the 3rd part of the axillary artery but on the opposite side the origin was from the first centimetre of a left radial artery originatin...

The axillary neurovascular structures are one of the potential anatomical fields to show variations in many ways. The axillary artery gets divided in three parts by the fore lying pectoralis minor and provides the superior thoracic artery from first part, thoraco-acromial artery, lateral thoracic artery from second part and the third part gives anterior circumflex humeral, posterior circumflex ...