Landmarks for vertebral artery repositioning in bulbar compression syndrome: Anatomic and microsurgical nuances

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Grasso, Giovanni ^a   Alafaci, Concetta ^a   Passalacqua, Marcello ^a   Tschabitscher, Manfred ^b   Salpietro, Francesco M ^a   Tomasello, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Medulla oblongata; Microvascular anatomy; Vascular compression; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BULBAR COMPRESSION SYNDROME; CADAVER; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; HEAD; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SYNDROME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 13444280052     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000146685.17628.05     Document Type: Article

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