Anatomical variations are changes that help human to adaptation in his/her life So the most common variation could be seen among different races.
The interesting thing about the variations anatomical, is that they allow us to identify, in some cases, pathologies that are not diagnosed with clinic, with this I do not say that all the variations anatomical are patologicas, some if, but also, it helps us to be more Thorough when intervening a patient, many times, to be unaware of these, have been committed gravisimos errors in the O.R.
The importance of such anatomical variations in the clinical setting is based on the fact that they represent a variant of the normal presentation and as such, usually do not require therapeutic activities. They can, however, present diagnostic dilemmas or become symptomatic under certain conditions. Variations in the branching pattern or position and course of blood vessels can affect routine clinical procedures, such as blood pressure monitoring or intravenous drug application
I think are more clinically significant and important in diagnosis .
"The clinical significance of normal — and not so normal — anatomical variations
updated Aug 29, 2018 (first published 2009) by Paul Ingraham, Vancouver, Canada (https://www.painscience.com/articles/anatomical-variation.php)"
" Successful sprinters have unusually long heel bones (calcanei), which gives their calf muscles superior leverage. Bones shapes are amazingly variable, as shown in this bone photo gallery.
- About 1 in 10000 people have their organs arranged in a mirror image (situs inversus) — the liver is on the left, the heart on the right, and so on.
- Surprisingly often, people have extra or missing ribs and vertebrae. Most people have a pair of floating ribs at the bottom of the ribcage (ribs 11 and 12), but a few have a third stubby little floating rib (13), and even fewer — yours truly included — have a 10th rib that floats free. Free to cause some trouble!"
I like this type of discussion, because through these, we can identify elements that are rare in clinical practice, and many times, give answers to unknowns of daily life, greetings.
Please find the answer in the link below:
Article Significance of anatomical variations for clinical practice
Dear Nabil Eid,
From the search, you can find the answer in the link below by The British Medical Journal
Vol. 2, No. 1967 (Sep. 10, 1898), pp. 694-698
Published by: BMJ
and you can also visit the link below:
https://www.bodyviz.com/aspx/newsdetail.aspx?id=42
for more information.
Regards
Daer Dr. Nabil Eid the main importance is for medical students specially during their residency. having knowledge about the anatomical variations would make the surgeries and treatments more efficient.
The importance are articulated with the skills of teaching, learning, diagnostic, and also treating.
Best wishes,
Naseer Almukhtar
Should be considered an "environmentally adaptive variant" where an individual adapts evolutionarily to a new environment.
Not sure in what context the question is being asked. Most responded as if the question relates to clinical practice. My answer was, instead, "evolution of the species." You must have anatomical differences for evolution to continue.
I think these links are useful
Significance of anatomical variations for clinical practice - Pulsus Group
https://www.pulsus.com/.../significance-of-anatomical-variations-for-clinical-practice....by GP Georgiev - 2017
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1. Mudgade DK, Motghare PC, Kunjir GU, Darwade AD, Raut AS. Prevalence of anatomical variations in maxillary sinus using cone beam computed tomography. J Indian Acad Oral Med Radiol [serial online] 2018 [cited 2018 Nov 12];30:18-23.
2. Athanasios Raikos,Janie Dade Smith.Anatomical variations: How do surgical and radiology training programs teach and assess them in their training curricula? 28;(6)2015; 717-724
3. Dunlap SS, Aziz MA, Ziermann JM (2017) Anatomical variations of the deep head of Cruveilhier of the flexor pollicis brevis and its significance for the evolution of the precision grip. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0187402.
4. MehrinSadiq, ZainBadar, SajeevEzhapilli. Clinically significant anatomical variation of the retropharyngeal internal carotid arteries. Volume 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 514-518
Please refer to the following article:
Georgiev, G. P. (2017). Significance of anatomical variations for clinical practice. International Journal of Anatomical Variations, 10(3). https://www.pulsus.com/scholarly-articles/significance-of-anatomical-variations-for-clinical-practice.pdf
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