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Clinical Value of Anatomical Variations
Güneş Aytaç*
Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Antalya, Turkey
- *Corresponding Author:
- Güneş Aytaç
Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine
Department of Anatomy, Antalya, Turkey
Telephone : +90 +90 506 2897070
E-mail: gunesaytac@akdeniz.edu.tr
Published Online: 2 June 2017
Citation : Aytaç G. Clinical Value of Anatomical Variations. Int J Anat Var. 2017;10(2):013-13.
© This open-access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC) (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits reuse, distribution and reproduction of the article, provided that the original work is properly cited and the reuse is restricted to noncommercial purposes. For commercial reuse, contact reprints@pulsus.com
[ft_below_content] =>Anatomical variations are very important for medical education besides they could change symptoms and physical examination and may lead disease susceptibility. Even variations could cause changing operation techniques during surgeries.
It is paramount for surgeons to have a thorough understanding of the surgical region. In many cases detailed knowledge of normal and variant anatomy and using proper imaging techniques to detect these variations prior to surgery could be crucial [1,2]. Hamdorf and He reviewed renal anatomical variations and they pointed out that awareness of these variations may provide less complicated surgeries [3].
On the other hand anatomical variations may become important for transplantation surgery [3,4]. Watson and Harper suggested that variant anatomy could cause a challenging transplantation surgery therefore implanting surgeons should take into consideration of anatomical variations [4].
Considering all of this, there is need for continuous awareness of the importance of anatomical variations and it is important to encourage anatomists and clinicians to make contributions. The International Journal of Anatomical Variations has published hundreds of case reports since 2008 and we are looking forward to future case reports, studies and reviews on anatomical variations.
References
- Chiang FY, Lu IC, Chen HC, et al. Anatomical variations of recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery: how to identify and handle the variations with intraoperative neuromonitoring. The Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2010;26:575-83.
- Irene A, Theodoros K, Konstantinos N. Pulmonary vein anatomical variation during videothoracoscopy-assisted surgical lobectomy. Surg Radiol Anat. 2017;39:229-31.
- Hamdorf JM, He B. Clinical importance of anatomical variations of renal vasculature during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. OA Anat. 2013;1:25.
- Watson CJ, Harper SJ. Anatomical variation and its management in transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2015;15:1459-71.
Güneş Aytaç*
Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Antalya, Turkey
- *Corresponding Author:
- Güneş Aytaç
Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine
Department of Anatomy, Antalya, Turkey
Telephone : +90 +90 506 2897070
E-mail: gunesaytac@akdeniz.edu.tr
Published Online: 2 June 2017
Citation : Aytaç G. Clinical Value of Anatomical Variations. Int J Anat Var. 2017;10(2):013-13.
© This open-access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC) (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits reuse, distribution and reproduction of the article, provided that the original work is properly cited and the reuse is restricted to noncommercial purposes. For commercial reuse, contact reprints@pulsus.com
-Anatomical variations are very important for medical education besides they could change symptoms and physical examination and may lead disease susceptibility. Even variations could cause changing operation techniques during surgeries.
It is paramount for surgeons to have a thorough understanding of the surgical region. In many cases detailed knowledge of normal and variant anatomy and using proper imaging techniques to detect these variations prior to surgery could be crucial [1,2]. Hamdorf and He reviewed renal anatomical variations and they pointed out that awareness of these variations may provide less complicated surgeries [3].
On the other hand anatomical variations may become important for transplantation surgery [3,4]. Watson and Harper suggested that variant anatomy could cause a challenging transplantation surgery therefore implanting surgeons should take into consideration of anatomical variations [4].
Considering all of this, there is need for continuous awareness of the importance of anatomical variations and it is important to encourage anatomists and clinicians to make contributions. The International Journal of Anatomical Variations has published hundreds of case reports since 2008 and we are looking forward to future case reports, studies and reviews on anatomical variations.
References
- Chiang FY, Lu IC, Chen HC, et al. Anatomical variations of recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery: how to identify and handle the variations with intraoperative neuromonitoring. The Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2010;26:575-83.
- Irene A, Theodoros K, Konstantinos N. Pulmonary vein anatomical variation during videothoracoscopy-assisted surgical lobectomy. Surg Radiol Anat. 2017;39:229-31.
- Hamdorf JM, He B. Clinical importance of anatomical variations of renal vasculature during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. OA Anat. 2013;1:25.
- Watson CJ, Harper SJ. Anatomical variation and its management in transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2015;15:1459-71.
