In seventy surgical dissections of the vessels in the first web space of
the foot, the arterial supply to the big toe and second toe was
categorized. There were seven patterns of arterial supply, and three types
of venous drainage were found. In twenty feet that were selected at random
an arteriographic study was done, but it failed to provide information of
the accuracy required to categorize the anatomical arterial pattern.
Comparison of our series with a smaller, previously published series
revealed significant differences in the arterial patterns and their
frequencies of occurrence.