Vulnerability of the sympathetic trunk during the anterior approach to the lower cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1603-1606

  Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a   Lu, Jike ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Heck, Bruce E ^a   Yeasting, Richard A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior approach; Cervical spine; Sympathetic trunk; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033924646     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200007010-00002     Document Type: Article

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