The pattern of the thoracic splanchnic nerves as they pass through the diaphragm

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 809-814

  Gest, T R ^a   Hildebrandt, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical illustrations; Diaphragm; Thoracic splanchnic nerves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELIAC GANGLION; DIAPHRAGM; DISSECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; THORAX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; THORACIC CAVITY;

EID: 70349337613     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20856     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Agur AMR, Dalley AF. 2005. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy. 11th Ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. p 174.
2. Bradley EL III, Bem J. 2003. Nerve blocks and neuroablative surgery for chronic pancreatitis. World J Surg 27:1241-1248. (Pubitemid 37475717)
3. Bradley EL III, Reynhout JA, Peer GL. 1998. Thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy for "small duct" chronic pancreatitis: Case selection by differential epidural analgesia. J Gastrointest Surg 2:88-94.
4. Clemente CD. 2006. Anatomy. A Regional Atlas of the Human Body. 5th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. p 158.
5. Drake RL, Vogl AW, Mitchell AWM, Tibbitts RM, Richardson PE. (eds.) 2007. Gray's Atlas of Anatomy. 1st Ed. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingston/Elsevier Inc. p 189.
6. Edwards LF, Baker RC. 1940. Variations in the formation of the splanchnic nerves in man. Anat Rec 77:335-342.
7. Groen GJ, Baljet B, Boekelaar AB, Drukker J. 1987. Branches of the thoracic sympathetic trunk in the human fetus. Anat Embryol (Berl) 176:401-411.
8. Jit I, Mukerjee RN. 1960. Observations on the anatomy of the human thoracic sympathetic chain and its branches; with an anatomical assessment of operations for hypertension. J Anat Soc India 9:55-82.
9. Kang CM, Lee HY, Yang HJ, Jang HJ, Gil YC, Kim KS, Choi JS, Lee WJ, Kim BR. 2007. Bilateral thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy with sympathectomy for managing abdominal pain in cancer patients. Am J Surg 194:23-29.
10. Naidoo N, Partab P, Pather N, Moodley J, Singh B, Satyapal KS. 2001. Thoracic splanchnic nerves: Implications for splanchnic denervation. J Anat 199:585-590. (Pubitemid 33094618)
11. Netter FH. 2006. Atlas of Human Anatomy. 4th Ed. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier. p 267, 320.
12. Paz Z, Rosen A. 1989. The human celiac ganglion and its splanchnic nerves. Acta Anat (Basel) 136:129-133. (Pubitemid 19263769)
13. Pernkopf E, Ferner H. (eds.) 1964. Atlas of Topographical and Applied Human Anatomy. Vol.2. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co. p 195.
14. Samudrala S, Khoo LT, Rhim SC, Fessler RG. 1999. Complications during anterior surgery of the lumbar spine: An anatomically based study and review. Neurosurg Focus 7: Article 9.
15. Schuenke M, Schulte E, Schumacher U. 2006. Thieme Atlas of Anatomy. Neck and Internal Organs. Stuttgart, New York: Thieme. p 308.
16. Struckhof TW. 1932. Typen des Plexus solaris. Z Anat Entw Gesch 98:327-336.
17. Williams PL, Warwick R, Dyson M, Bannister LH. (eds.) 1989. Gray's Anatomy. 37th Ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingston. p 1162.
18. Yang HJ, Gil YC, Lee WJ, Kim TJ, Lee HY. 2008. Anatomy of thoracic splanchnic nerves for surgical resection. Clin Anat 21:171-177.