Compression of the internal jugular vein by the transverse process of the atlas as the cause of cerebellar hemorrhage after supratentorial craniotomy

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 500-505

  Seoane, Eduardo ^a   Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlas; Cerebellar hemorrhage; Craniotomy; Internal jugular vein; Venous infarction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLAS; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADULT; ATLAS; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MICROSURGERY;

EID: 0032964129     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00476-X     Document Type: Article

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