The vertebral artery: Surgical anatomy

Orthopedics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1081-1085

  Lu, Jike ^a   Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; RISK FACTORS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0033367401     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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