Accessory nerve: Anatomy and surgical identification

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1118-1125

  Lloyd, S ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessory Nerve; Anatomy; Eleventh Cranial Nerve

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; JUGULAR FORAMEN; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NECK DISSECTION; NEUROANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SPINAL NERVE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; NECK; NECK MUSCLE;

ACCESSORY NERVE; HUMANS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NECK MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 40449133689     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107000461     Document Type: Review

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