Microsurgical anatomy of the dorsal cervical rootlets and dorsal root entry zones

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-199

  Karatas, A ^a,c   Caglar, S ^b   Savas, A ^b   Elhan, A ^b   Erdogan, A ^b  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord; Dorsal cervical rootlet; Dorsal root entry zone (DREZ); DREZ otomy; Intersegmental anastomotic rootlets; Microsurgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; DORSAL ROOT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADICULOPATHY; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 12944282961     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0425-y     Document Type: Article

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