Quantitative evaluation of the location of the vertebral artery in relation to the transverse foramen in the lower cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-378

  Zhao, Liujun ^a   Xu, Rongming ^a   Hu, Tiebo ^b   Ma, Weihu ^a   Xia, Huajie ^a   Wang, Guoping ^a  

^a Ningbo 6th Hospital   (China)

^b Ningbo Lihuili Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Lower cervical spine; Transverse foramen; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 39649112191     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318163f349     Document Type: Article

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