Vertebral artery anomaly with entry at C4 - Avoiding a surgical pitfall: A case report

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages

  Müller, Matthias ^a   Bleeck, Joachim ^b   Ruf, Michael ^b  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b SRH Zentralklinikum Suhl   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomaly; C4; Cervical spine; Surgery; Transverse foramen; Unusual course; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESUSCITATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLODESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 50649113930     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0582-9     Document Type: Article

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