Intraoperative dynamic angiography to detect resolution of Bow Hunter's syndrome: technical case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 420-423

  Velat, Gregory J ^a   Reavey Cantwell, John F ^a   Ulm, Arthur J ^a   Lewis, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bow Hunter's stroke; Intraoperative angiography; Vertebral artery compression; Vertebrobasilar insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOW HUNTER SYNDROME; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION; DIZZINESS; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; OSTEOPHYTE; PATIENT SAFETY; SYNCOPE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VERTIGO;

ATLAS; AXIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL ATLAS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIZZINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; ROTATION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VERTIGO; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33749044366     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.03.040     Document Type: Article

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