Cervico-thoracic ganglion: Its clinical implications

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-326

  Pather, Nalini ^a   Partab, P ^b   Singh, B ^b   Satyapal, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cervico thoracic ganglion; Sympathectomy; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CADAVER; CERVICAL GANGLION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GANGLION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INNERVATION; HEART PLEXUS; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ROOT; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE; STELLATE GANGLION; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THORACIC GANGLION; THORAX; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; CADAVER; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 33646488657     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20214     Document Type: Article

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