Anatomical Variant of Spinal Accessory Nerve Passing through Fenestrated Internal Jugular Vein

• Main Authors: Shohei Takaoka (Author), Kenji Yamagata (Author), Makiko Okubo-Sato (Author), Satoshi Fukuzawa (Author), Fumihiko Uchida (Author), Naomi Ishibashi-Kanno (Author), Hiroki Bukawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neck dissection (ND) is a major surgery for head and neck cancer. Currently, some or all of the spinal accessory nerve (SAN), sternocleidomastoid muscle, and internal jugular vein (IJV) are aggressively preserved during ND to reduce postoperative complications. Since the anatomical relationship betw...