The quantitative anatomy of the vertebral artery groove of the atlas and its relation to the posterior atlantoaxial approach

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 320-323

  Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a   Xu, Rongming ^a   Ahmad, Muhammad ^a   Heck, Bruce ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Atlas; Posterior atlantoaxial fusion; Vertebral artery; Vertebral artery groove

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; SPINAL FUSION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032006007     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199802010-00007     Document Type: Article

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