The occipital artery for posterior circulation bypass: Microsurgical anatomy

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ates, Özkan ^a   Ahmed, Azam S ^a,b   Niemann, David ^a,b   Başkaya, Mustafa K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass; Microsurgical anatomy; Occipital artery; Posterior circulation; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CADAVER; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; DISSECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; VASCULARIZATION;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CADAVER; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; DISSECTION; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 41949104518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/24/2/E9     Document Type: Article

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