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Abstract
The levels of the esophageal vagus plexus, the descending vagal trunks, the truncal
divisions and their branches were examined in 100 adult cadavers. The number of vagal
structures appearing at the hiatus is related to variations in the level of the lowest
part of the esophageal plexus and the level at which the vagal trunks separate into
the four divisions. In 88 percent of the cadavers, the plexus ended above the hiatus
and the truncal divisions were formed below the hiatus. Two vagal trunks passed through
the hiatus. In the remaining cases, plexus elements, divisions or branches of divisions
were present at the hiatus, resulting in four or more vagal structures.
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Publication history
Accepted:
October 10,
1973
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© 1974 Published by Elsevier Inc.
