sympathetic trunk is the nerve structure that is just lateral to the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae.
sympathetic trunk is the nerve structure that is just lateral to the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae.
what nerve structure is just lateral to the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae?
sympathetic trunk
sympathectomy physically destroys relevant nerves anywhere in either of the two sympathetic trunks, which are long chains of nerve ganglia located bilaterally along the vertebral column (a localisation which entails a low risk of injury) responsible for various important aspects of the peripheral nervous system (pns). each nerve trunk is broadly divided into three regions: cervical (neck), thoracic (chest), and lumbar (lower back). the most common area targeted in sympathectomy is the upper thoracic region, that part of the sympathetic chain lying between the first and fifth thoracic vertebrae.









































section::::indications.
endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
the thoracic spinal nerve 5 (t5) passes out underneath it.









































section::::individual thoracic vertebrae.:sixth thoracic vertebra (t6).









































the thoracic spinal nerve 6 (t6) passes out underneath it.









































section::::individual thoracic vertebrae.:seventh thoracic vertebra (t7).









































the thoracic spinal nerve 7 (t7) passes out underneath it.









































section::::individual thoracic vertebrae.:eighth thoracic vertebra (t8).









































the eighth thoracic vertebra is, together with the ninth thoracic vertebra, at the same level as the xiphisternum.









































the thoracic spinal nerve 8 (t8) passes out underneath it.









































section::::individual thoracic vertebrae.:ninth thoracic vertebra (t9).
thoracic vertebrae