Third cervical nerve root and ganglion compression: Clinical syndrome, surgical anatomy, and pathological findings

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 941-949

  Poletti, Charles E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicogenic headache; Dermatomes; Nerve compression syndromes; Occipital neuralgia; Spinal nerve roots; Upper cervical nerves; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DERMATOME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSESTHESIA; GANGLION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029834421     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199611000-00012     Document Type: Article

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