A Case of Embolic Infarction Originating from Extracranial Vertebral Artery Stenosis by Cervical Spondylosis at C5/6: Its Pathogenesis and Surgical Treatment

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1111-1116

  Yamaguchi, Shintaro ^a   Sakata, Kiyohiko ^a   Nakayama, Kenji ^a   Shigemori, Minoru ^b  

^a Omuta City General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Artery to artery embolism; Cervical spondylosis; Extracranial vertebral artery stenosis; Wallenberg syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTIGO; WALLENBERG SYNDROME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LATERAL MEDULLARY SYNDROME; MALE; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0142122286     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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