Anatomical variations of the second thoracic ganglion

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-122

  Singh, B ^a   Ramsaroop, L ^a   Partab, P ^a   Moodley, J ^a   Satyapal, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Second thoracic ganglion; Sympathetic innervation; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHIDROSIS; INCIDENCE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRAL ROOT; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; CADAVER; DISSECTION; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; STELLATE GANGLION; THORACIC NERVES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX;

EID: 20444447556     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-004-0304-5     Document Type: Article

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