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Innervation of the ventrolateral thoracic wall is provided primarily by the intercostal nerves (ribs, intercostal muscles, skin), the lateral and medial pectoral nerves (pectoralis major and minor muscles), the long thoracic nerve (serratus anterior muscle) and by the supraclavicular nerves (skin of the neck area, supra- and infraclavicular areas) (Figs. 4.1, 9.1, 11.1 and 11.2). Innervation of the breast and of the overlying skin is derived from the lateral and ventral cutaneous branches of the intercostal nerves.
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Eisenberg, E., Gaertner, E., Clavert, P., Blanco, R. (2023). Peripheral Nerve Blocks of the Thoracic Ventrolateral Wall: Type I PECS Block, Type II PECS Block, and Serratus Plane Block. In: Eisenberg, E., Gaertner, E. (eds) Ultrasound in Peripheral, Neuraxial and Perineuraxial Regional Anaesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08804-9_11
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