Variations in the surface anatomy of the spinal accessory nerve in the posterior triangle

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 404-408

  Symes, Andy ^a,c   Ellis, H ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph node biopsy; Iatrogenic nerve injury; Nerve palsy; Spinal accessory nerve; Surface anatomy

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PROJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 29644441441     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-005-0004-9     Document Type: Article

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