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The arteries of the humeral head and their relevance in fracture treatment
Authors:C. Meyer  V. Alt  H. Hassanin  C. Heiss  J.-P. Stahl  G. Giebel  J. Koebke  R. Schnettler
Affiliation:(1) Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Giessen, Rudolf-Buchheim-Strasse 7, 35385 Giessen, Germany;(2) Department of Trauma Surgery, Krankenhäuser des Märkischen Kreises, Lüdenscheid, Germany;(3) Institute for Anatomy II, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Abstract:Bone vascularisation has gained increased interest in relation to the blood supply of bone fragments during treatment of fractures. In the current study the pattern of vascular supply of the proximal humerus was studied in six cadavers by the corrosion technique. Furthermore, the effect of fractures on the vascular supply was also investigated. In all preparations the intraosseous arteries of the humeral head arose from the circumflex arteries, which surrounded the humerus and dispatched branches towards the proximal end. The main vessel was the branch of the anterior circumflex artery, penetrating the major tubercle in six of six cases. Due to the intraosseous arch shape of this vessel it is referred to as the arcuate artery. Besides other smaller vessels, there was also a vascular network arising from the posterior circumflex artery. Their branches penetrated medially at the cartilage bone interface in five of six preparations. The medial bone arteries appear to gain distinctive importance in humeral head fractures by their impact on the vascularisation of the fracture fragments. After disruption of the arterial supply from the arcuate artery, the vascularisation of the head fragments is most likely ensured by this group of vessels. Therefore, necessary repositioning manoeuvres during open reduction of the fracture should be conducted with care in order to preserve these arteries.
Keywords:Humeral fractures  Internal fracture fixation  Blood supply  Cadaver study  Arteries
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