Anatomy

Research from University of Melbourne reveals new findings on anatomy

Published in Telemedicine Law Weekly, October 24th, 2009

According to a study from Parkville, Australia, "Despite improving outcomes, venous problems in the harvest of deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flaps remain the more common vascular complications. However, it is apparent that the venous anatomy of the anterior abdominal wall has not been described to the same extent as the arterial anatomy."

"Previous anatomical studies have focused on cadaveric anatomy or excisional specimens. The current study uses in vivo computed tomographic angiography to evaluate this anatomy, in combination with a cadaveric radiographic study. Both cadaveric and in vivo studies were undertaken using eight whole fresh cadaveric...

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Source: Telemedicine Law Weekly (2009-10-24)

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