Anatomical Variation of the Brachiocephalic Trunk and Common Carotid Artery in Neck Dissection

Variations in the trajectory of the brachiocephalic trunk and the common carotid artery predispose to disorders which might be critical in a tracheotomy and/or surgeries. Dissection of 110 formol fixed adult cadavers, both sexes, were performed to increase the anatomic knowledge of the neck vessels...

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Autores: Iterezote, Ana Maria [UNIFESP], Medeiros, Alisson Dantas de, Barbosa Filho, Romulo Cesar Costa, Petrella, Selma, Andrade Júnior, Luiz Carlos de [UNIFESP], Marques, Sergio Ricardo [UNIFESP], Prates, José Carlos [UNIFESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/44070
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022009000200046
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/44070
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Brachiocephalic trunk
Common carotid artery
Variation
Anatomy
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Sumario:Variations in the trajectory of the brachiocephalic trunk and the common carotid artery predispose to disorders which might be critical in a tracheotomy and/or surgeries. Dissection of 110 formol fixed adult cadavers, both sexes, were performed to increase the anatomic knowledge of the neck vessels and its variations. Cadavers were from the Laboratory of Descriptive and Topographic Anatomy of the Federal University of Sao Paulo-Paulista Medical School-UNIFESP-EPM. In 109 of these cadavers no variations were found while in one (0.9%) it was possible to observe a variation in the trajectory of the brachiocephalic trunk and in the right common carotid artery.