Transient rotational compression of the vertebral artery caused by herniated cervical disc: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-83

  Nemecek, Andrew N ^a,b,c   Newell, David W ^a,b   Goodkin, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Veterans Administration   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography; Vertebrobasilar insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037221516     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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