Study of the ascending lumbar and iliolumbar veins: Surgical anatomy, clinical implications and review of the literature

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 516-529

  Lolis, Evangelos ^a   Panagouli, Eleni ^a   Venieratos, Dionysios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ascending lumbar vein; Iliolumbar vein; Pelvic surgery; Retroperitoneal surgery; Surgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING LUMBAR VEIN; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIOLUMBAR VEIN; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PELVIS SURGERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; VEINS;

AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; ISLA VISTA VIRUS;

EID: 81855218761     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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