Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
In 81% of cases the distribution of the right and left vagus nerves, located just below the diaphragm, lies on the right side of the esophagus. In less than 20% of cases, variation in branching patterns and side (position) was found.
Authors' note: Additional reference: Jackson, R.G. Anatomy of the vagus nerve in the region of the lower esophagus and the Stomach. Anat. Rec. 103:1-18, 1949.
Redrawn from Dragstedt, L.R., Fournier, H.J., Woodward, E.R., Tovee, E.B. and P.V. Harper, Jr. Transabdominal gastric vagotomy. A study of the anatomy and surgery of the vagus nerves at the lower porlion of the esophagus. Surg. Gynecol. Obstet. 85:461-466, 1947.
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