Anatomical variations of the upper thoracic sympathetic chain

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 595-600

  Zhang, Bensi ^a   Li, Zhuang ^a   Yang, Xinwen ^a   Li, Guangzhong ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Cheng, Jiamao ^a   Tang, Ximin ^a   Wang, Fan ^b  

^a DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Applied anatomy; Rami communicantes; Sympathetic trunk; Sympathicotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 67650392043     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20803     Document Type: Article

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