Vascular decompression of a vertebral artery loop producing cervical radiculopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 485-488

  Detwiler, Paul W ^a   Porter, Randall W ^a   Harrington, Timothy R ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Loop; Radiculopathy; Tortuosity; Vascular compression; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031721384     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.3.0485     Document Type: Article

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