Femoral Nerve
9FEMORAL NERVE ANATOMY The femoral nerve takes its origin from the L2, L3, and L4 spinal nerve roots. It is the largest branch of the lumbar plexus and goes on…
Spinal Accessory Nerve
7SPINAL ACCESSORY NERVE ANATOMY The fibers of the spinal accessory nerve (cranial nerve XI) are a series of rootlets that emerge from the spinal cord midway between the ventral and…
Sural Nerve
14SURAL NERVE ANATOMY The sural nerve is a pure sensory nerve that supplies the lateral aspect of the foot from the heel and ankle to the small toe. For the…
Ulnar Nerve
6ULNAR NERVE ANATOMY In Arm and Forearm The ulnar nerve descends in the arm posterior to the pectoralis major muscle and medial or posteromedial to the brachial artery. At the…
Axillary Nerve
3AXILLARY NERVE ANATOMY The axillary nerve arises from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus distal to the subscapular and thoracodorsal nerves. It is made up of fibers primarily from…
Suprascapular Nerve
2SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE ANATOMY The suprascapular nerve arises from the upper trunk of the brachial plexus with contributions from both the C5 and C6 nerve roots. It may occasionally also receive…
Clinical Methods for Sclerotherapy of Varicose Veins
CHAPTER 9 Clinical Methods for Sclerotherapy of Varicose Veins ‘We feel from our three and one-half years’ experience that the surgeon who believes that there is nothing more required than…
Complications and Adverse Sequelae of Sclerotherapy
CHAPTER 8 Complications and Adverse Sequelae of Sclerotherapy When analyzing side effects and complications of sclerotherapy treatment, one should remember that sclerosing agents are not drugs that are injected in…
Treatment of Leg Telangiectasias with Laser and High-Intensity Pulsed Light
CHAPTER 13 Treatment of Leg Telangiectasias with Laser and High-Intensity Pulsed Light The laser was first conceived in the imagination of H.G. Wells, who described the use of a light…
