Surgical challenges associated with the morphology of the spinal accessory nerve in the posterior cervical triangle: Functional or structural? Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-24

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Stetler, William ^a   Louis Jr , Robert G ^b,c   Gupta, Ankmalika A ^c   Loukas, Marios ^c   Kelly, David R ^d   Shoja, Mohammadali A M ^e   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^e  

^a Pediatric Neurosurgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve anatomy; Morphology; Neck dissection; Spinal accessory nerve; Traction injury

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CRANIAL NERVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE SURGERY; SPINAL NERVE; SPINE SURGERY;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NERVE TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 74549164931     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.SPINE09606     Document Type: Article

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