TY - JOUR
T1 - Descendens vagohypoglossi
T2 - rare variant of the superior root of ansa cervicalis
AU - Nayak, A. B.
AU - Shetty, P.
AU - Reghunathan, D.
AU - Aithal, A. P.
AU - Kumar, N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Knowledge of variants in the formation and position of the ansa cervicalis is important in head and neck surgery, specifically in reconstructions of the tongue that use the infrahyoid muscles, and in the anastomosis of the ansa cervicalis to the recurrent laryngeal nerve when the laryngeal muscles have been paralysed. We describe a rare variant of the superior root of the ansa cervicalis, which had a contribution from the vagus and hypoglossal nerves. The inferior root was formed by the C2 and C3 ventral rami, but it passed medial to the internal jugular vein before it joined the superior root to form the loop.
AB - Knowledge of variants in the formation and position of the ansa cervicalis is important in head and neck surgery, specifically in reconstructions of the tongue that use the infrahyoid muscles, and in the anastomosis of the ansa cervicalis to the recurrent laryngeal nerve when the laryngeal muscles have been paralysed. We describe a rare variant of the superior root of the ansa cervicalis, which had a contribution from the vagus and hypoglossal nerves. The inferior root was formed by the C2 and C3 ventral rami, but it passed medial to the internal jugular vein before it joined the superior root to form the loop.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bjoms.2017.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.bjoms.2017.06.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021085998
SN - 0266-4356
VL - 55
SP - 834
EP - 835
JO - British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
JF - British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
IS - 8
ER -