Surgical Anatomy of the Cervical Plexus and its Branches - Edition 1 - Edited by R. Shane Tubbs, PhD, MSc, PA-C, Marios Loukas, MD, PhD, Malcon Martinez-Pereira, Claudia Cejas, C. J. Bui, Miguel Angel Reina and Joe Iwanaga Elsevier Educate

Surgical Anatomy of the Cervical Plexus and its Branches,

Edition 1

Edited by R. Shane Tubbs, PhD, MSc, PA-C, Marios Loukas, MD, PhD, Malcon Martinez-Pereira, Claudia Cejas, C. J. Bui, Miguel Angel Reina and Joe Iwanaga

Publication Date: 29 Apr 2021

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The first work of its kind devoted to the surgical anatomy of the cervical plexus, Surgical Anatomy of the Cervical Plexus and Its Branches clearly explains and illustrates this important subset of peripheral nervous system anatomy. Ideal for physicians and residents from a wide range of medical and surgical disciplines, this unique title details new methods of imaging the cervical plexus, as well as its pathology and appropriate surgical approaches.

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Demonstrates the surgical anatomy of each branch of the cervical plexus using fresh cadaveric dissections.
Color-codes nerves to differentiate them from other tissues and dissects them in a layer-by-layer manner.
Complies the knowledge and expertise of renowned clinical anatomists and researchers in this key area of surgical anatomy.

About the author

Edited by R. Shane Tubbs, PhD, MSc, PA-C, Professor, Director of Surgical Anatomy, Tulane University School of Medicine, Program Director of Anatomical Research, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, USA; Marios Loukas, MD, PhD, Dean School of Medicine, Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences, Professor Department of Pathology, St. George's University, School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies; Dean, College of Medical Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School, Olsztyn, Poland; Malcon Martinez-Pereira; Claudia Cejas; C. J. Bui; Miguel Angel Reina and Joe Iwanaga, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Associate Professor of Anatomy and Dental and Oral Medical Center at Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.

Table of Contents

Preface

2. Overview of the Cervical Plexus

3. Anatomy of the lesser occipital nerve

4. Anatomy of the great auricular nerve

5. Anatomy of the transverse cervical nerve

6. Anatomy of the supraclavicular nerves

7. Anatomy of the phrenic nerve

8. Anatomy of the ansa cervicalis

9. Accessory nerve and the cervical plexus

10. Connections between the cervical plexus and cervical sympathetic trunk/ganglia

11. Connections between the cervical plexus and brachial plexus

12. Comparative anatomy of the cervical plexus

13. Variations of the cervical plexus

14. Microanatomy of the cervical plexus

15. Cross sectional anatomy of the cervical plexus

16. Step by step dissection of the cervical plexus

17. Imaging of the cervical plexus

18. Pathology of the cervical plexus

19. Blockade of the cervical plexus

20. Surgery of the cervical plexus

ISBN: 9780323831321

Page Count: 224

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Specialists and residents of cervical, peripheral nerve and spine surgery. Additionally, specialists of neurology and rehabilitation medicine will find this topic highly relevant.

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