Anatomical relationships between the V2 segment of the vertebral artery and the cervical nerve roots

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 440-442

  Paolini, Sergio ^b   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Spinal nerve root; Spinal surgery; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; DISSECTION; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISSECTION; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 34548224102     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.5.440     Document Type: Article

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