Morphology of the human internal vertebral venous plexus: A cadaver study after latex injection in the 21-25-week fetus

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 397-403

  Groen, Rob J M ^a   Grobbelaar, M ^b   Muller, C J F ^b   Van Solinge, G ^c   Verhoof, O ^c   Du Toit, D F ^b   Hoogland, P V J M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma; Vertebral venous system

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

AGING; ANTERIOR INTERNAL VERTEBRAL VENOUS PLEXUS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CADAVER; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FETUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL VERTEBRAL VENOUS PLEXUS; LATEX INJECTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR INTERNAL VERTEBRAL VENOUS PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS SPINAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; THORAX; TISSUE PREPARATION; TRANSVERSE BRIDGING VEIN; VEIN; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE; THORAX; VEINS;

EID: 24644484057     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20153     Document Type: Article

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