Abstract
Knowledge of spinal cord vascular anatomy is essential to the neurosurgeon planning and undertaking procedures on vascular lesions of the spinal cord. This article relates general concepts and nomenclature regarding this unique circulation and describes the regional and segmental arterial and venous anatomy of the spinal cord. The article concludes with surgical considerations and recommendations based on this anatomy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 9-15 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Neurosurgery clinics of North America |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Clinical Neurology