Effect of segmental artery ligation on the blood supply of the thoracic spinal cord during anterior spinal surgery: A quantitative histomorphological fresh cadaver study

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 483-486

  Yuan, Lin ^a,b   Ni, G X ^a   Luk, K D K ^a   Cheung, K M C ^a   Lu, D S ^a   Hu, Y ^a   Dai, J X ^b   Wong, Y W ^a   Lu, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Ligation; Segmental artery; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE SURGERY; STEREOLOGY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIES; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 14344264327     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000154622.49240.ff     Document Type: Article

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