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Variant origin of the lateral circumflex femoral artery in a black Kenyan population.
Folia morphologica - 1 Feb 2012
Sinkeet S R, Ogeng'o J A, Elbusaidy H, Olabu B O, Irungu M W
Abstract excerpt
Variant origin of lateral circumflex femoral artery (FA) is important during harvesting of anterolateral thigh flaps, aortopopliteal by-pass, coronary artery grafting, and vascularised iliac transplant. The frequencies of variant origins display ethnic variations, but reports from black Africans are scarce. This study, therefore, aimed to describe the variant origins of lateral circumflex FA in a black Kenyan...
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