“…Moreover, among the vincula system variety (number and precise location) described in anatomical studies [8,18], apparently there is also a vascular pattern variety showing different kind of anastomoses between the arterial branches at metacarpo-phalangeal joints (MCPj) and the first phalangeal level. Recently, Baksa et al [19] described the vascular supply to the MCP joint showing the presence of two distinct vascular territories: the metacarpal half that receives arteries from the palmar metacarpal arteries or proper palmar digital arteries, while the phalangeal half is supplied by both proper and common 6 M. C. Micu, C. M. García-de-Pereda-Notario…”