Anatomic basis of the anterior surgery on the cervical spine: Relationships between uncus-artery-root complex and vertebral artery injury

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 389-392

  Ebraheim, N A ^a   Lu, J ^a   Haman, S P ^a   Yeasting, R A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cervical spine; Uncinate process; Uncovertebral joint; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACERATION; LIGAMENT; MALE; NERVE ROOT; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; TISSUE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032428726     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01653127     Document Type: Article

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