The Anatomy of the Fasciae of the Face and Neck with Particular Reference to the Spread and Treatment of Intraoral Infections (Ludwigʼs) that Have Progressed into Adjacent Fascial Spaces
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Annals of Surgery
- Vol. 204 (6) , 705-714
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-198612000-00015
Abstract
Descriptions of the fasciae of the lower half of the face and of the adjacent cervical fasciae have long been puzzling and descriptively much too complex. For this reason, medical students, young medical and dental practitioners, and at times even senior surgeons frequently do not understand the anatomy of the cervicofacial fasciae, which plays such an important role in the spread and subsequent final localization of primary intraoral infections. This article attempts to simplify the descriptions of these fasciae, in particular, their sites of origin and insertion.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Cervical fascia and deep neck infectionsThe Laryngoscope, 1970
- Studies on the carotid sinus with reference to the syndrome of Ludwig's angina.1959
- RETROPHARYNGEAL AND LATERAL PHARYNGEAL ABSCESSESAnnals of Surgery, 1939