Internal Thoracic Artery Encircled by an Unusual Phrenic Nerve Loop
We report an anatomic variation of the phrenic nerve. During a routine gross anatomical dissection course at our medical university, we found an unusual loop of the left phrenic nerve around the internal thoracic artery, about 1 cm from the take-off of the left subclavian artery. The phrenic nerve i...
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| description | We report an anatomic variation of the phrenic nerve. During a routine gross anatomical dissection course at our medical university, we found an unusual loop of the left phrenic nerve around the internal thoracic artery, about 1 cm from the take-off of the left subclavian artery. The phrenic nerve is close to the internal thoracic artery and is easily injured when dissecting the internal thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass conduit. Therefore, we suggest that the anatomic relationship of the phrenic nerve and internal thoracic artery is important in preventing incidental injury of the phrenic nerve. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-144a06a86b3b4311b943cf255ac939222022-12-21T17:33:30ZengElsevierJournal of the Formosan Medical Association0929-66462007-12-01106121069107010.1016/S0929-6646(08)60086-8Internal Thoracic Artery Encircled by an Unusual Phrenic Nerve LoopRobert Fu-Chean Chen0Yung-Yu Tsai1Hellen Jeng2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanWe report an anatomic variation of the phrenic nerve. During a routine gross anatomical dissection course at our medical university, we found an unusual loop of the left phrenic nerve around the internal thoracic artery, about 1 cm from the take-off of the left subclavian artery. The phrenic nerve is close to the internal thoracic artery and is easily injured when dissecting the internal thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass conduit. Therefore, we suggest that the anatomic relationship of the phrenic nerve and internal thoracic artery is important in preventing incidental injury of the phrenic nerve.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664608600868coronary artery bypass graftinternal thoracic arteryphrenic nerve |
| spellingShingle | Robert Fu-Chean Chen Yung-Yu Tsai Hellen Jeng Internal Thoracic Artery Encircled by an Unusual Phrenic Nerve Loop Journal of the Formosan Medical Association coronary artery bypass graft internal thoracic artery phrenic nerve |
| title | Internal Thoracic Artery Encircled by an Unusual Phrenic Nerve Loop |
| title_full | Internal Thoracic Artery Encircled by an Unusual Phrenic Nerve Loop |
| title_fullStr | Internal Thoracic Artery Encircled by an Unusual Phrenic Nerve Loop |
| title_full_unstemmed | Internal Thoracic Artery Encircled by an Unusual Phrenic Nerve Loop |
| title_short | Internal Thoracic Artery Encircled by an Unusual Phrenic Nerve Loop |
| title_sort | internal thoracic artery encircled by an unusual phrenic nerve loop |
| topic | coronary artery bypass graft internal thoracic artery phrenic nerve |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664608600868 |
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