Details of fibroligamentous structures in the cervical unco-vertebral region: An obscure corner

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-53

  Yilmazlar, Selsus ^a   Ikiz, I ^a   Kocaeli, H ^a   Tekdemir, I ^b   Adim, S B ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Discectomy; Intervertebral foramen; Posterior longitudinal ligament; Uncinate process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISSECTION; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0037965130     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-002-0087-5     Document Type: Article

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