Iliolumbar veins have a high frequency of variations

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 425, Issue , 2004, Pages 252-257

  Kiray, Amac ^a   Akcali, Omer ^a,b   Guvencer, Mustafa ^a   Tetik, Suleyman ^a   Alici, Emin ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; ILIOLUMBAR VEIN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 4043107836     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200408000-00036     Document Type: Article

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