Thoracic Key

Fig. 11.1 Surface landmarks of the chest. The craniocaudal border of the chest is therefore defined as the clavicle to the costal margin. Posteriorly, the inferior border lies at the…

and Nicholas M. Southard1 (1) Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA   7.1 Introduction 7.2 General Considerations 7.2.1 Basic Techniques 7.2.2 Systems Issues 7.2.3…

and John B. Hijjawi2 (1) Department of Surgery, Hofstra North Shore – LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY, USA (2) Departments of Plastic Surgery and General Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,…

Fig. 3.1 Hybrid operating room 3.3 Techniques 3.3.1 Chest Radiography Simple anteroposterior chest radiographs may demonstrate signs of blunt aortic injury. The classic sign is a widened mediastinum. While this…

Fig. 23.1 Cross-sectional anatomy of the infrapopliteal arterial system The PT is easily approached through a longitudinal incision in the skin and deep fascia approximately 2–3 cm posterior to the…

Fig. 9.1 The axillary artery is defined anatomically by the lateral margin of the first rib proximally and lateral edge of the teres major muscle distally. In its proximally protected…

Fig. 13.1 Lateral view of the great vessels of the aorta 13.2.3 Descending Aorta The descending aorta begins after the ligamentum arteriosum and travels to the aortic hiatus at the…

Fig. 28.1 Operative exposure of the right popliteal artery shunted with a long external (or looped) Sundt© vascular shunt in the presence of concomitant orthopedic injury (not visualized) The wars…

Fig. 20.1 Normal anatomy of the iliac arteries and veins. IVC inferior vena cava, CIV common iliac vein, EIV external iliac vein, IIV internal iliac vein, CIA common iliac artery,…

Fig. 14.1 Divisions of the subclavian artery and its key branches. The first segment of the subclavian artery is medial to the anterior scalene muscle and typically gives rise to…