Surgical Anatomy of Uterine Arteries

Valchkevich Dzmitry^* & Lemesh Anton

Department of Normal Anatomy, Grodno State Medical University, Grodno, Belarus

Dr. Valchkevich Dzmitry, Department of Normal Anatomy, Grodno State Medical University, Grodno, Belarus.

Keywords: Uterine Artery; Anatomy; Topography; Uterus

Abstract

The uterine arteries are the main blood vessels that supply blood to the uterus. The uterine artery is used widely in medicine when performing surgical interventions on the uterus, ovaries and other organs of the pelvis in various diseases of the female reproductive system. Therefore, it is very important to know all the nuances of the uterine artery topography to prevent complications.
The material of investigation was 15 cadavers of females without pathology of vascular system.
It was found that the uterine artery departs from the anterior trunk of the internal iliac artery. Three basic types of topographical relationships between the uterine artery and the ureter were established. We have classified six variants of the division of the uterine arteries into terminal branches.
The results can be used in gynaecology and obstetrics to reduce operative complications.

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