Clinical importance of ligamentous and osseous structures in the cervical uncovertebral foraminal region

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 404-410

  Yilmazlar, Selcuk ^a   Kocaeli, Hasan ^a   Uz, Aysun ^b   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy; Cervical spine; Foraminotomy; Neural foramen; Uncinate process; Uncovertebral level; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE; SPINAL ROOT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0042889389     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10158     Document Type: Article

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