Surgical Significance of the Variable Branching Pattern of Brachial Artery

Objective of the present study is to study the branching pattern of brachial artery, as the arterial variations are very common, variations in the branching pattern of Brachial artery were studied at D.Y.Patil Medi- cal College, Pune. The variations of the Brachial artery were investigated in 50 upper limbs.Variations of many kinds were discovered. In 2% of cases, a high origin of the radial artery was discovered, and in 4% of cases, a high origin of the ulnar artery was discovered.  Other type of variation like common interosseous artery from Radial artery, Superior ulnar collateral artery from the Profunda brachii artery, common stem for the posterior circumflex humeral artery and Profunda brachii artery and many more were also seen. These differences are significant in a variety of diagnostic and surgical procedures. These variations' embryological source has also been examined.