APPLIED ANATOMY

Applied Anatomy

Nothing so tests the surgeon’s knowledge of the anatomy of the inguinal region as a chance encounter with a sliding hernia. If Condon’s [4] dictum ‘‘The anatomy of the inguinal region is misunderstood by some surgeons at all levels of seniority’’ is correct, it is safe to say that sliding hernias are understood by few surgeons at any level of seniority. Few surgical procedures have had so many ...

Applied Anatomy

Applied epidural anatomy

There are 24 individual vertebrae: seven cervical, 12 thoracic and five lumbar. The five (fused) sacral vertebrae and the coccyx (made up of 3–5 rudimentary vertebrae) are not always classed as being a part of the vertebral column.Vertebral anatomyvaries according to each level. The atlas and the axis are highly atypical and the first ‘recognizably normal’ vertebra isC3.Atlas andaxis anatomyare...

Surgical Applied Anatomy

Surgical Applied Anatomy