Open AccessProposed clinical internal carotid artery classification system
Author(s) -
Saleem I. Abdulrauf,
Ahmed M Ashour,
Eric A. Marvin,
Jeroen Coppens,
Brian Byunghyun Kang,
Tze Yu Yeh Hsieh,
Breno Nery,
Juan R. Penanes,
Aysha Alsahlawi,
Shawn Moore,
Hussam Abou Al-Shaar,
Joanna Kemp,
Kanika Chawla,
Nanthiya Sujijantarat,
Alaa Najeeb,
Nadeem Parkar,
Vilaas Shetty,
Tina Vafaie,
Jastin L. Antisdel,
Tony A Mikulec,
Randall C. Edgell,
Jonathan Lebovitz,
Matt Pierson,
Paulo Henrique Pires de Aguiar,
Paula Buchanan,
Angela Di Cosola,
George Stevens
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.188412
Subject(s) - medicine , internal carotid artery , clivus , anatomy , cadaver , eustachian tube , temporal bone , radiology , middle ear , skull
Numerical classification systems for the internal carotid artery (ICA) are available, but modifications have added confusion to the numerical systems. Furthermore, previous classifications may not be applicable uniformly to microsurgical and endoscopic procedures. The purpose of this study was to develop a clinically useful classification system.