The Patellar Arterial Supply via the Infrapatellar Fat Pad (of Hoffa): A Combined Anatomical and Angiographical Analysis
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(a) and (b): Posterior view of the dissected fat pad (a) and the isolated translucent fat pad (b) as result of Sihler’s procedure: (1) branches of the superior medial genicular artery, (2) anastomosis formed by the “basic branches” of the two superior genicular arteries, (3) branches of the superior lateral genicular artery, (4) descending branch arising from the superior lateral genicular artery, (5) deep vascular layer with transversely extending arteries, (6) descending branch from the superior medial genicular artery, (7) intermediate vascular layer, (8) branch of the anterior tibial recurrent artery and its entry into the vascular arcades of the infrapatellar fat pad.
