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Most surgical literature and anatomical illustrations do not describe nerve branches running from the diaphragm to the stomach. After observing small nerve branches at laparoscopic fundoplication, penetrating the left crus of the diaphragm lateral to the hiatus and apparently running into the stomach, an anatomical cadaver study was undertaken to identify the origin and target organ of these nerves.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Fifty-three human cadavers (23 men, 30 women; age range 35\u2013103 years) were dissected with special attention to the nerves that penetrate the left crus of the diaphragm. The entire course of these nerves was documented with standardized drawings and photos.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Small nerve branches penetrating the diaphragm lateral to the left crus of the hiatus were found in 17 (32 per cent) of the 53 cadavers. In 14 of these 17 cadavers, one or two splanchnic nerve branches were identified, and in ten of the 17 the nerve branches were found to be phrenic nerves. In seven of these 17 cadavers, two different nerve branches were found and assigned to both splanchnic and phrenic nerves.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Nerves penetrating the left crus with splanchnic origin or phrenic origin have been identified. Their function remains unclear and their relationship to postfundoplication symptoms remains to be determined.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/bjs5.50271","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,5]],"date-time":"2020-03-05T13:35:48Z","timestamp":1583415348000},"page":"400-404","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Laparoscopic fundoplication and new aspects of neural anatomy at the oesophagogastric junction"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"4","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1761-555X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"P","family":"Gehwolf","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Centre for Operative Medicine , Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"O","family":"Renz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Centre for Operative Medicine , Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"E","family":"Brenner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Division of Clinical and Functional Anatomy, Medical University of Innsbruck , Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"B","family":"Cardini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Centre for Operative Medicine , Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A","family":"Lorenz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Centre for Operative Medicine , Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"H","family":"Wykypiel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Centre for Operative Medicine , Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023020205492548400_bjs550271-bib-0001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"296","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1563-2563.2002.02071.x","article-title":"Pathophysiology of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with respect to reflux-induced carcinogenesis","volume":"34","author":"Wykypiel","year":"2002","journal-title":"Eur Surg"},{"key":"2023020205492548400_bjs550271-bib-0002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"822","DOI":"10.1007\/s11605-012-2068-2","article-title":"Laparoscopic total fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease. 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