Surgical Anatomy of the Cervical Plexus and its Branches

R. Shane Tubbs, MS, PA-C, PhD is a native of Birmingham, Alabama, USA and a is a clinical anatomist, author, editor, educator, and researcher. He is Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Surgery, and Structural & Cellular Biology, Director of Surgical Anatomy at Tulane School of Medicine and Program Director of Anatomical Research in the Clinical Neuroscience Research Center at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana and Department of Neurosurgery and Ochsner Neuroscience Institute Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA. He has multiple honorary professorships/faculty positions both in the US and abroad. Dr. Tubbs is President-elect of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA) and serves as its Journal's (Clinical Anatomy) Editor-in-Chief. Dr. Tubbs' research interests are centered around what has been termed "reverse translational anatomy research” where clinical/surgical problems are identified and solved/explained with anatomical studies. This investigative paradigm in anatomy has resulted in over 1,800 peer reviewed publications from his laboratory. Dr. Tubbs' laboratory has made novel discoveries in human anatomy and in 2018, he was listed as a "hyperprolific author” in the journal Nature. Dr. Tubbs sits on the editorial board of over 10 anatomical journals and over 30 clinical journals and has reviewed for over 150 various scientific journals. He has authored/edited over 50 books and over 80 book chapters primarily in anatomical and neurosurgical textbooks. Lastly, Dr. Tubbs is Chair of the Federative International Programme on Anatomical Terminologies (FIPAT) and oversees six working groups dedicated to this topic. Under his leadership, the second edition of Terminologia Anatomica was just published. Dr. Loukas is a highly accomplished physician-scientist and scholar, with more than 900 peer-reviewed publications, 25 books, and over 20 textbook chapters to his credit. He currently serves as co-editor of Clinical Anatomy and founding editor-in-chief of Translational Research in Anatomy. His leadership in the field has been recognized through his election as president of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists in 2017. Joe Iwanaga, DDS, PhD, is a clinical anatomist and an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He is the author of more than 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Iwanaga is a Councilor-at-Large of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists, and Coordinator of the FIPAT Oral Anatomy Working Group of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists. He is a Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Section editor of the journal Clinical Anatomy.

• Table of Contents Preface2. Overview of the Cervical Plexus3. Anatomy of the lesser occipital nerve4. Anatomy of the great auricular nerve5. Anatomy of the transverse cervical nerve6. Anatomy of the supraclavicular nerves7. Anatomy of the phrenic nerve8. Anatomy of the ansa cervicalis9. Accessory nerve and the cervical plexus10. Connections between the cervical plexus and cervical sympathetic trunk/ganglia11. Connections between the cervical plexus and brachial plexus12. Comparative anatomy of the cervical plexus13. Variations of the cervical plexus14. Microanatomy of the cervical plexus15. Cross sectional anatomy of the cervical plexus16. Step by step dissection of the cervical plexus17. Imaging of the cervical plexus18. Pathology of the cervical plexus19. Blockade of the cervical plexus20. Surgery of the cervical plexus