Minimally invasive decompression of a suboccipital osseous prominence causing rotational vertebral artery occlusion: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-195

  Lu, Daniel C ^a   Gupta, Nalin ^a   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bow hunter syndrome; Far lateral surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Pediatric spine; Vertebral artery compression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPE; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

CERVICAL ATLAS; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOPHYTE; SKULL BASE; STROKE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 70049098538     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.PEDS08270     Document Type: Article

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