Persistent first intersegmental vertebral artery in association with type II odontoid fracture: Surgical treatment utilizing a novel C1 posterior arch screw: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Carmody, Margaret A ^a   Martin, Michael D ^a   Wolfla, Christopher E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical laminar screw; Cervical spine; First intersegmental artery; Odontoid fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BILATERAL PERSISTENT FIRST INTERSEGMENTAL ARTERIES; BONE SCREW; C1 POSTERIOR ARCH SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 77954095742     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000370012.34424.30     Document Type: Article

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