{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,13]],"date-time":"2026-08-13T19:38:23Z","timestamp":1786649903803,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)","content-domain":{"domain":["lww.com","ovid.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":[],"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Background:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The dorsalis pedis artery (DPA) is a key vessel in assessing peripheral arterial circulation. Its absence may mimic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and lead to diagnostic errors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims and Objectives:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To determine the incidence of absent DPA in an Indian population using clinical examination and computed tomography angiography (CTA).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study was conducted in two parts. Part 1 included clinical palpation of DPA in 2000 adult participants, confirmed using handheld Doppler. Part 2 involved retrospective analysis of 1000 lower limb CTA scans. Patients with vascular disease, trauma, or prior surgery were excluded.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Clinically, DPA was absent in 3.0% of limbs. CTA demonstrated anatomical absence in 2.5% of limbs, with substitution commonly by the peroneal artery. No significant association was found with age, sex, or laterality.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Absence of DPA is an uncommon anatomical variant. Awareness is essential to avoid misdiagnosis of PAD and for appropriate surgical planning. Combined clinical and imaging evaluation improves diagnostic accuracy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/aam.aam_871_25","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,23]],"date-time":"2026-04-23T06:00:09Z","timestamp":1776924009000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Incidence of Absent Dorsalis Pedis Artery in an Indian Population"],"prefix":"10.4103","author":[{"given":"Prashant","family":"Pawar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, (Deemed to be University), Pune, Maharashtra, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rohan Dilip","family":"Wable","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, (Deemed to be University), Pune, Maharashtra, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,24]]},"container-title":["Annals of African Medicine"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.4103\/aam.aam_871_25","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,13]],"date-time":"2026-08-13T18:59:44Z","timestamp":1786647584000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.4103\/aam.aam_871_25"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,24]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/aam.aam_871_25","relation":{},"ISSN":["1596-3519","0975-5764"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1596-3519","type":"print"},{"value":"0975-5764","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,24]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2025-12-30","name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2026-03-05","name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}