THE first recorded operation on the innominate artery was performed by Valentine Mott of New York on May 11, 1818. Ligation of this vessel in an attempt to cure a traumatic subclavian aneurysm was ...

Vascular. 2005;13(1):58-61. In our case, the vascular injury was midlength of the innominate artery, suggesting a sufficient proximal cuff. Because the leak was located at the level of origin of the ...

The subclavian vein is a large paired, deep vein that extends along each side of the neck. Deep veins are those located deep in the body to protect the larger veins from injury. The primary function ...

Most physicians are generally familiar with the normal SVC and its tributaries. Blood from the head and neck travels via the external and internal jugular veins, which join the subclavian veins to ...

We have successfully applied the radioimmunoassay for parathyroid hormone (PTH) to the localization of parathyroid adenomas by measurements of hormone concentration in multiple blood samples obtained ...

Ami Schattner and Natasha Kozack describe and illustrate a unique and unfamiliar physical sign.1 Better-known differential diagnoses for enlarged supraclavicular fossae include obesity and Cushing's ...

A 37-year-old man presented to the emergency room with a left-sided penetrating zone I neck injury caused by a close-range handgun shot. He was alert, breathed normally, and had a blood pressure rate ...