Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 232-233, June 2007

The cubital fossa

John Craven, FRCS, was formerly Consultant Surgeon at York Hospital, York. He is past chairman of the primary examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Abstract 

The boundaries and floor of the cubital fossa are described. Its contents and their clinically important relationships are emphasised. The commonest variation of the fossa’s venous anatomy is described, and details of a method of blocking the median nerve in the fossa is given.

Keywords: brachial artery, cubital fossa, median cubital and cephalic veins, median nerve

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00077-X

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.03.007

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 232-233, June 2007

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