Open AccessRepair of Vertebral Artery Injury During Anterior Cervical Decompression
Author(s) -
John G. Golfinos,
Curtis A. Dickman,
Joseph M. Zabramski,
Volker K. H. Sonntag,
Robert F. Spetzler
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
spine (philadelphia, pa. 1976)/spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.657
H-Index - 254
eISSN - 1528-1159
pISSN - 0362-2436
DOI - 10.1097/00007632-199411001-00010
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , decompression , vertebral artery , complication , artery , cervical vertebrae
Vertebral artery injury is a rarely described complication of anterior cervical decompression. The authors performed a retrospective review of their operative database for the purposes of defining the optimal management of this complication and its avoidance.