Franzini et al. recommend securing the distal end of the lead to the lateral portion of the superficial cervical fascia (with two additional skin incisions) to prevent lead migration and report no displacement at 1 year follow-up in 17 patients [45].
The TLCd is covered dorsally by the medial, vertically oriented portion of the superficial layers of the SC, from which it is clearly separated by the most medial portion of the intermediate gray layer (Figs. 1a, 2).
In fact, Tomita et al indicated that the pullout failure of the tendon graft at six weeks after surgery in a canine anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction model occurred in a deeper area within the tendon midsubstance rather than in the thin anchoring zone on the superficial portion of the tendon graft; they also showed that the superficial portion remained attached to the bone tunnel wall.
Conventional teaching prescribes removal of these tumours by superficial parotidectomy (SP), which encompasses facial nerve identification and en bloc removal of the superficial portion of the gland (Langdon, 2001).
The primary contents include the superficial portion of the submandibular gland, submandibular lymph nodes and fat.
The superficial portion of the flap was 13 × 9.5 cm, and the lining portion of the flap, replacing the oral mucosa, was 6 × 5 cm.
Significantly lower SWV values were obtained in the deep than in the superficial portion of the right lobe of the liver in healthy volunteers [5, 7], and in the deeper parts of homogeneous phantoms in experimental studies [5, 8].
Therefore, fixation of small anterior fractures of the medial malleolus, to which only the superficial portion of the ligament attaches, may not be sufficient to restore medial stability [40, 94, 125].
The conus elasticus or cricothyroid membrane is the most superficial portion of the airway.
Parotid tumours are uncommon, with the majority presenting as discrete lumps arising within the superficial portion of the gland (Renehan et al, 1996).
