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Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 2/2009

01-02-2009 | Original Article

Connections between the accessory nerve and the posterior root of the first cervical nerve

Authors: Mustafa Orhan, Canan Yurttaş Saylam, Z. Aslı Aktan Ikiz, Hülya Üçerler, Mehmet Zileli

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 2/2009

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to demonstrate the incidence of absence of the posterior root of the first cervical nerve, and the relation between the accessory nerve and the posterior root of the first cervical nerve in Turkish population. Dissections of the accessory nerve and the posterior root of the first cervical nerve were performed in 49 specimens from 27 formalin fixed cadavers (25 male and 2 female). The type of the connections between the accessory nerve and the posterior root of the first cervical nerve was classified into four types. Type III was the most common type in present study (30.6%). There was a connection between the accessory nerve and the posterior root of the first cervical nerve in this type. The connections demonstrated in this study are important in the etiology and surgical treatment of the spasmodic torticollis.
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Metadata
Title
Connections between the accessory nerve and the posterior root of the first cervical nerve
Authors
Mustafa Orhan
Canan Yurttaş Saylam
Z. Aslı Aktan Ikiz
Hülya Üçerler
Mehmet Zileli
Publication date
01-02-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-008-0414-6

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