1. Thoracoscopic and Anatomic Landmarks of Kuntz's Nerve: Implications for Sympathetic Surgery 
Franz Marhold, MD, Barbara Izay, MS, Johannes Zacherl, MD, Manfred Tschabitscher, MD, Christoph Neumayer, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 86, Issue 5, Pages (November 2008)
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2. Fig 1
(A) Right upper thoracic cavity, thoracoscopic view without dissection shows mild thickening of the parietal pleura postmortem. (B) Same right upper thoracic cavity as in A after anatomic dissection. (1 = nerve of Kuntz; 2 = superior intercostal vein medially to the nerve of Kuntz; 3 = second rib; 4 = second thoracic nerve; 5 = first rib; 6 = first thoracic nerve; TS = sympathetic trunk.)
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3. Fig 2
Right upper thoracic cavity after anatomic dissection with nerve of Kuntz on the second rib (type A in the classification of Ramsaroop [17]), with the superior intercostal vein medial to the nerve of Kuntz. (1 = nerve of Kuntz; 2 = superior intercostal vein medially to the nerve of Kuntz; 3 = second rib; 4 = second thoracic nerve; 5 = first rib; 6 = first thoracic nerve; 7 = communicating ramus from the TS to the first thoracic nerve; 8 = descending communicating ramus from TS to the nerve of Kuntz; TS = sympathetic trunk; TSG = sympathetic trunk ganglion.)
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4. Fig 3
Left upper thoracic cavity after anatomic dissection with nerve of Kuntz on the second rib (type A in the classification of Chung [16], and type B in the classification of Ramsaroop [17]), with the superior intercostal vein medial to the nerve of Kuntz. (1 = nerve of Kuntz; 2 = superior intercostal vein medial to the nerve of Kuntz; 3 = second rib; 4 = second thoracic nerve; 5 = first rib; 6 = first thoracic nerve; 7 = communicating ramus from TSG to first thoracic nerve; 8 = descending communicating ramus from TSG to second thoracic nerve; 9 = edge of the dissected parietal pleura; TS = sympathetic trunk; TSG = sympathetic trunk ganglion.)
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