Refining the course of the thoracolumbar nerves: A new understanding of the innervation of the anterior abdominal wall

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-333

  Rozen, Warren M ^a   Tran, T M N ^b   Ashton, M W ^a   Barrington, M J ^b   Ivanusic, J J ^a   Taylor, G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; DIEA perforator flap; Flap; Intercostal nerve; Nerve; TAP block

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE; NERVE PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; UMBILICUS;

ABDOMINAL WALL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC NERVES;

EID: 43249108906     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20621     Document Type: Article

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