A microsurgical study of the anatomy and course of the ophthalmic artery and its possibly dangerous anastomoses

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 142-150

  Perrini, Paolo ^a,b   Cardia, Andrea ^a,c   Fraser, Kenneth ^a   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embolization; Microsurgical anatomy; Middle meningeal artery; Ophthalmic artery; Orbit

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; MENINGEAL ARTERY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MICROSURGERY; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; MICROCIRCULATION; MICRODISSECTION; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; ORBIT;

EID: 33846267740     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.1.142     Document Type: Article

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