Anatomical variations of the V2 segment of the vertebral artery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Bruneau, Michaël ^a,b,c   Cornelius, Jan F ^a   Marneffe, Vincent ^b   Triffaux, Michel ^b   George, Bernard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b Clinique Saint Pierre of Ottignies   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anatomic variations; Anatomy; Anterior approach; Cervical spine; Complication avoidance; Lateral approach; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33745775283     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000219931.64378.B5     Document Type: Article

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