[Adaptation of anatomic approaches to the jugular ganglia of the vagus nerve system in the neonates and babies].
Anatomic approaches to the jugular ganglia, which are used at autopsy of adults with craniospinal injury, have been adapted to those at autopsy of infants. In the neonates and babies less than 3 months of age, layer-by-layer separation of soft tissues of the neck is applied and the mandibular angle is removed along with the articular process. The upper cervical portion of the vague nerve is excised together with soft tissues and ganglia of jugular foramens. In babies above 3 months of age, two parallel saw cuts are used to cross the bulk of the occipital bone from its edges to those of the jugular foramen on each side after lancing the vertebral column and removing the occipital bone. Fracture fragments are removed; ganglia are viewed and investigated in the block with the jugular vein.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology*