A study of the course of the internal carotid artery in the parapharyngeal space and its clinical importance

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1483-1489

  Ozgur, Zuhal ^a   Celik, Servet ^a   Govsa, Figen ^a   Aktug, Hüseyin ^b   Ozgur, Tomris ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomical variability; Hemorrhage; Internal carotid artery; Kinking; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADVENTITIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNX; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOFT PALATE; TONSILLECTOMY; TUNICA MEDIA; VASA VASORUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DISSECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 36148952139     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0398-6     Document Type: Article

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