The surgical anatomy of the ansa pectoralis

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 685-693

  Loukas, Marios ^a,b   Louis Jr , Robert G ^a   Fitzsimmons, John ^c   Colborn, Gene ^d  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ansa pectoralis; Brachial plexus; Lateral pectoral nerve; Lateral thoracic artery; Medial pectoral nerve; Neurotization; Thoracoacromial artery

Indexed keywords

ANSA PECTORALIS; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LATERAL PECTORAL NERVE; MASTECTOMY; MEDIAL PECTORAL NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOSCOPY; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THORACIC NERVES;

EID: 33750439153     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20315     Document Type: Article

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