| Popis: |
The transverse cervical nerve arises from the cervical plexus and branches out to smaller ending nerves to penetrate the anterior portion of the neck. The pathway of this nerve and its branches, and the anatomical variants, will be discussed. Regarding clinical significance, surgical procedures in the submandibular region often entail postoperative side effects owing to an injury to the transverse cervical nerve or its branches. This has been shown in many papers discussing carotid endarterectomy. Those papers will be reviewed, and other procedures that can involve injury to this nerve will be discussed. |
