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Cross-sectional Microscopic Anatomy of the Sciatic Nerve and its Dissected Branches

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Axons with shorter trajectories are expected to have a more superficial location within the nerves, whereas axons traversing longer distances are expected to have a more central position, but this is not the case in peripheral nerves. Axons constantly fluctuate in their positions along the path of the nerve. The topographic map of the fascicles continually varies. Sunderland and Ray observed that the topography of fascicles varied 23 times in just 46 mm of length.

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  1. Department of Clinical Medical Sciences and Institute of Applied Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain

    Miguel Angel Reina MD, PhD

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Madrid-Montepríncipe University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Miguel Angel Reina MD, PhD

  3. Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, School of Medicine,University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Xavier Sala-Blanch MD

  4. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Clinic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Xavier Sala-Blanch MD

  5. Histology Unit. Institute of Applied Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain

    Paloma Fernández BS

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Clinical Medical Sciences and Institute of Applied Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain, and Madrid-Montepríncipe University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Miguel Angel Reina

  2. Department of Surgical Specialties, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Management, General University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    José Antonio De Andrés

  3. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Anesthesiology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York School of Regional, Anesthesia (NYSORA), New York, NY, USA, and Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

    Admir Hadzic

  4. Laboratory of Surgical NeuroAnatomy, Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Alberto Prats-Galino

  5. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, and Clinic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Xavier Sala-Blanch

  6. Discipline of Anesthesiology, The University of Queensland and Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    André A.J. van Zundert

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Reina, M.A., Sala-Blanch, X., Fernández, P. (2015). Cross-sectional Microscopic Anatomy of the Sciatic Nerve and its Dissected Branches. In: Reina, M., De Andrés, J., Hadzic, A., Prats-Galino, A., Sala-Blanch, X., van Zundert, A. (eds) Atlas of Functional Anatomy for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09522-6_10

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