Intraforaminal location of thoracolumbar anterior medullary arteries

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 808-812

  Kroszczynski, Andrzej C ^a   Kohan, Kevin ^a,b   Kurowski, Marek ^a,c   Olson, Todd R ^a   Downie, Sherry A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery of adamkiewicz; Epidural; Medullary artery; Safe triangle intraforaminal; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; SPINAL GANGLION; THORACOLUMBAR ANTERIOR MEDULLARY ARTERY; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 84879504411     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12056     Document Type: Article

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