The anatomical and imageology study on the blood supply of the gastrocnemius after the ligating the medial or lateral vessel / 中华显微外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect to the blood supply of the gastrocnemius if ligating the medial or lateral artery, and provide theory base for the sural artery flap repairing the soft tissue defects of legs injuries.Methods The anatomical study involved 16 fresh adult cadaver lower legs ligating the medial or lateral gastrocnemius vessel, the arteries of which were perfused with the Meglumine Diatrizoatis Mucilage,and then carried out the cross-sectional analysis of the CTA, the bifurcation, location length, diameter and perforator of the sural artery were recorded by dissection.To observe the anastomosis with gastrocnemius vessel in artery pipeline foundry made by 1 specimen.Results The consistent with the result of the angiography was the gastrocnemius can completely get enough blood supply from some anastomotic arteriole when ligating one side of the sural vessel.Under normal circumstances, the blood supply of gastrocnemius muscle mainly supplied by sural artery.In the case of the sural vessel was cut off, the blood supply of gastrocnemius come from the anastomotic arteriole between medial and lateral artery and the soleus.The anastomotic arteriole from soleus has larger diameter, but less quantity, and was invariably deteced in the lower third of the gastrocnemius muscle constantly.A lot of anastomotic arteriole were found between the muscle heads, and it was also invariably deteced in the lower third of the gastrocnemius muscle, communicating with the surai neurovascular axis, the average external diameter was less than 0.5 mm.Conclusion The blood supply of the gastrocnemius are enough when ligating the medial or lateral artery.