Alejandro Nogueira⁽¹⁾, Olatz Alcelay⁽²⁾, Mª Jesús Martínez González⁽³⁾, Angel Perez Arias⁽⁴⁾, Francisco Iglesias^{(5)
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)}Hospital Central de Asturias - Oviedo. Spain

	[Orthopedics & Traumatology]	[Plastic Surgery]

INTRODUCTION

Dorsal metacarpal arteries arises from carpal arch(a branch from the radial artery to the dorsal carpal branch of the ulnar artery), except for the first space one which is a direct branch from the radial artery at the first web. They run in the depth of the interosseous space of the dorsal hand, vascularizing dorsal skin. The 1st and the 2 nd branches are constant, but the 3 rd and 4th dorsal metacarpal arteries may be atrophic or absent, especially the later ^(1,2).

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	[Orthopedics & Traumatology]	[Plastic Surgery]

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