Cervical uncinate process: An anatomic study for anterior decompression of the cervical spine

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 249-252

  Lu, J ^a   Ebraheim, N A ^a   Yang, H ^a   Skie, M ^a   Yeasting, R A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical spine; Decompression; Radiculopathy; Uncinate process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION;

EID: 0031666101     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01628483     Document Type: Article

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