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Evaluation of tortuous vertebral arteries before cervical spine surgery: illustrative case

BACKGROUND: Cervical spine surgery sometimes necessitates complex ventral/dorsal approaches or osteotomies that place the vertebral artery (VA) at risk of inadvertent injury. Tortuosity of the VA poses increased risk of vessel injury during anterior decompression or placement of posterior instrument...

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Autores principales: Sarmiento, J. Manuel, Cohen, Justin D., Babadjouni, Robin M., Quintero-Consuegra, Miguel D., Gonzalez, Nestor R., Perry, Tiffany G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9245845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35855017
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE2198