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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Multiple Fractures of Cervical Vertebrae Combined with Arcuate Foramen and Vertebral Artery Occlusion: A Case Report and Literature Review.

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2020 Dec 03


Orthop Surg


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33274600?dopt=Abstract

Multiple Fractures of Cervical Vertebrae Combined with Arcuate Foramen and Vertebral Artery Occlusion: A Case Report and Literature Review.

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Multiple Fractures of Cervical Vertebrae Combined with Arcuate Foramen and Vertebral Artery Occlusion: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Wang W-H, Liu Z-Y, Guo H-C, Wang H
Orthop Surg. 2020 Dec 03.
PMID: 33274600.

Abstract

The arcuate foramen is a complete or partial bony bridge over the vertebral artery groove of atlas. The mechanism of the arcuate foramen is not clearly understood. Omission of the arcuate foramen sometimes causes lethal iatrogenic injury during spinal surgery.
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