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An unusual course of the vertebral artery posterior to the nerve root in the inter-transverse space: a cadaveric study

BACKGROUND: The V2 segment of the vertebral artery is very vulnerable to injury during cervical spine surgery. The incidence of vertebral artery injury during anterior cervical spine procedures is reported to be 0.22–2.77 %. This is partially due to its variable course while running in the transvers...

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Autores principales: Nourbakhsh, Ali, Yang, Jinping, Ziran, Bruce, Garges, Kim J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25972925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-015-0072-7

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