Estudo anatômico da veia braquial comum como via de drenagem colateral do membro superior

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Carlos Adriano Silva dos
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Poli de Figueiredo, Luiz Francisco [UNIFESP], Gusmão, Luiz Carlos Buarque de, Castro, Aldemar Araujo [UNIFESP], Pitta, Guilherme Benjamin Brandão, Miranda Junior, Fausto [UNIFESP], Souza, Érica Carla Figueirêdo de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• dARK ID: ark:/48912/001300000c2bw
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-54492011000100007; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/6375
• topic: Axillary vein; cadaver; anatomy; wound; upper extremity deep vein thrombosis; Veia axilar; cadáver; anatomia; traumatismos do braço; trombose venosa profunda de membros superiores

BACKGROUND: Trauma and thrombosis that can result in changes in the venous drainage of the upper limb, depending on the vascular territory interrupted, may have as a compensatory mechanism a collateral drainage channel that prevents damage to the venous return of that limb. The common brachial vein is a plausible and little known collateral channel for this purpose. OBJECTIVE: To describe the anatomy of the common brachial vein as a collateral drainage channel of the upper limb. METHODS: We have dissected 30 cadavers of people of different races, whose upper limbs were articulated to the trunk and preserved in a 10% formaldehyde solution. The exclusion criteria were disarticulated limbs or deformities in the topography of the studied structures. RESULTS: The common brachial vein was present in 73% (22/30) of the cadavers dissected. The common brachial vein drained into the axillary vein in 82% (18/22) and into the basilic vein in the proximal segment of the upper limb in 18% of the cadavers (04/22). CONCLUSION: The common brachial vein is frequently present, and, in most cases, it drains into the axillary vein.