The effect of posterior bridging of C-1 on craniovertebral junction surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-52

  Senoglu, Mehmet ^a   Gümüşalan, Yakup ^a   Yüksel, Kasim Zafer ^a   Uzel, Murat ^a   Çelik, Mustafa ^a   Özbaǧ, Davut ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Atlas; Canalis arteriae vertebralis; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ATLAS; BONE MALFORMATION; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; X RAY FILM; ADULT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL NERVE;

ADULT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33748446976     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.1.50     Document Type: Article

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