Anatomical study of the vertebral artery path in human lower cervical spine;Estudo anatômico do trajeto da artéria vertebral na coluna cervical inferior humana

Acta Ortopedica Brasileira

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 84-86

  Kajimoto, Ben Hur Junitiro ^b   Addeo, Renato Luis Dainesi ^b   De Campos, Gustavo Constantino ^a,b   Narazaki, Douglas Kenji ^b   Correia, Leonardo Dos Santos ^b   De Araújo, Marcelo Poderoso ^b   Cristante, Alexandre Fogaça ^b   Iutaka, Alexandre Sadao ^b   Marcon, Raphael Martus ^b   Oliveira, Reginaldo Perilo ^b   De Barros Filho, Tarcísio Eloy Pessoa ^b  

^a FMUSP ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Spine anatomy histology; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548678219     PISSN: 14137852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-78522007000200005     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Kast E, Mohr K, Richter HP, Borm W. Complications of transpedicular screw fixation in the cervical spine. Eur Spine J. 2006; 15:327-34.
2. Abumi K, Itoh H, Taneichi H, Kaneda K. Transpedicular screw fixation for traumatic lesions of middle and lower cervical spine. J Spinal Disord. 1994; 7:19-28.
3. Abumi K, Kaneda K. Pedicular screw fixation for nontraumatic lesions of the crevical spine. Spine. 1997; 22:1853-63.
4. Albert TJ, Klein GR, Joffe D. Use of cervical pedicle screws for complex cervicothoracic spine pathology. Spine. 1998; 23:1596-9.
5. Ludwig SC, Kramer DL, Balderston RA, Vaccaro AR, Foley KF, Albert TJ. Placement of pedicle screws in the human cadaveric cervical spine: comparative accuracy of three techniques. Spine. 2000; 25:1655-67.
6. Panjabi MM, Duranceau J, Goel V, Oxland T, Takata K. Cervical human vertebrae. Quantitative three-dimensional anatomy of the middle and lower regions. Spine. 1991; 16:861-9.
7. Kotani Y, Cunningham BW, Abumi K, McAfee PC. Biomechanical analysis of cervical stabilization systems. An assessment of transpedicular screw fixation in the cervical spine. Spine. 1994; 19:2529-39.
8. Barrey C, Mertens P, Jund J, Cotton F, Perrin G. Quantitative anatomic evaluation of cervical lateral mass fixation with a comparison of the Roy-Camille and the Magerl screw techniques. Spine. 2005; 30:E140-7.
9. Heary RF, Albert TJ, Ludwig SC, Vaccaro AR, Wolansky LJ, Leddy TP, et al. Surgical anatomy of the vertebral arteries. Spine. 1996; 21:2074-80.
10. Xu R, Ebraheim NA, Yeasting R, Wong F, Jackson WT. Anatomy of C7 lateral mass and projection of pedicle axis on its posterior aspect. J Spinal Disord. 1995; 8:116-20.
11. Abumi K, Shono Y, Ito M, Taneichi H, Kotani Y, Kaneda K. Complications of pedicle screw fixation in reconstructive surgery of the cervical spine. Spine 2000; 25:962-9.
12. Ebraheim NA, Reader D, Xu R, Yeasting RA. Location of the vertebral artery foramen on the anterior aspect of the lower cervical spine by computed tomography. J Spinal Disord. 1997; 10:304-7.
13. Ebraheim NA, Xu R, Yeasting RA. The location of the vertebral artery foramen and its relation to posterior lateral mass screw fixation. Spine. 1996; 21:1291-95.
14. Ebraheim NA, Lu J, Brown JA, Biyani A, Yeasting RA. Vulnerability of vertebral artery in anterolateral decompression for cervical spondylosis. Clinical Orthop Relat Res 1996; (322):146-51.
15. Bruneau M, Cornelius JF, Marneffe V, Triffaux M, George B. Anatomical variations of the V2 segment of the vertebral artery. Neurosurgery. 2006; 59(1 Suppl 1):ONS20-4.
16. Yamaki K, Saga T, Hirata T, Sakaino M, Nohno M, Kobayashi S, et al. Anatomical study of the vertebral artery in Japanese adults. Anat Sci Int. 2006; 81:100-6.