Medial and lateral pectoral nerves: Course and branches

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-162

  Macchi, Veronica ^a   Tiengo, Cesare ^a   Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Parenti, Anna ^a   Stecco, Carla ^a   Mazzoleni, Francesco ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Section of Anatomy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Artery; Breast reconstruction; Innervation; Pectoral muscles; Plastic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CADAVER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PECTORAL NERVE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; CORROSION CASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; THORACIC NERVES;

EID: 33846967135     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20328     Document Type: Article

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