Surgical anatomy of the nerves and muscles in the posterior cervical spine: A guide for avoiding inadvertent nerve injuries during the posterior approach

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1379-1384

  Zhang, Junwei ^a   Tsuzuki, Nobuyuki ^a   Hirabayashi, Shigeru ^a   Saiki, Kunio ^a   Fujita, Kazumasa ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branch; Cervical dorsal rami; Medial; Paravertebral muscle; Posterior approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPINAL NERVE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TENDON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; NERVE FIBERS; SPINE;

EID: 0038692117     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200307010-00006     Document Type: Article

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