Size of the collateral intercostal artery in adults: Anatomical considerations in relation to thoracocentesis and thoracoscopy

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-26

  Porto Da Rocha, R ^a,b,c   Vengjer, A ^a,b,c   Blanco, A ^a,b,c   Traballi De Carvalho, P ^a,b,c   Leal Dias Mongon, M ^a,b,c   Medeiros Fernandes, G ^a,b,c  

^a Fac of Medical Sciences of Santos   (Brazil)

^b Santos Day Hospital   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Collateral intercostal artery; Intercostal spaces; Thoracocentesis; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CADAVER; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0036304854     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-002-0010-0     Document Type: Article

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