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    Anatomy of the Subaxial Cervical Spine

    The cervical spine is a deep anatomical structure centrally located in the axial view of the neck and surrounded by a thick and powerful muscular compartment. It is surrounded and contained by the deep layer o...

    M. Girolami, R. Ghermandi, M. Ghirelli in Atlas of Craniocervical Junction and Cervi… (2017)

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    Exemplificative Cases in Cervical Spine

    Fourteen-year-old female, progressive neck pain in the nuchal area radiating to the head with painful contracture of the right paraspinal musculature. Pain was unrelated to weight-bearing and was increasing du...

    A. Gasbarrini, M. Girolami, R. Ghermandi in Atlas of Craniocervical Junction and Cervi… (2017)

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    Cervical Spine Instrumentation

    Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is often used as a surgical treatment for cervical degenerative disorders. Numerous long-term follow-up studies have shown that is effective in case of cervical m...

    M. Girolami, R. Ghermandi, A. Gasbarrini in Atlas of Craniocervical Junction and Cervi… (2017)

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    Surgical Planning in Cervical Spine Oncologic Patients

    Primary bone tumors of the spine are very rare [1]; they comprise only 10 % or less of all bone tumors. In the United States, about 7,500 new cases are estimated per year. The overall world occurrence can be e...

    S. Boriani, R. Ghermandi, M. Girolami in Atlas of Craniocervical Junction and Cervi… (2017)

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    Posterior Approach to Cervical Spine

    In the neck, the spine takes up the mid-part of the cross-sectional area, and its posterior aspect is surrounded by a thick layer of powerful muscles (see §2. Anatomy).

    R. Ghermandi, M. Girolami, A. Gasbarrini in Atlas of Craniocervical Junction and Cervi… (2017)

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    Anesthesiological Management and Patient Positioning

    Prior to the surgery, reproduction of symptoms with extension of the neck should be assessed. Extension may help for better exposure and visualization. However, the severity of stenosis may limit the amount of...

    M. R. Bacchin, M. Di Fiore, Y. E. Akman in Atlas of Craniocervical Junction and Cervi… (2017)

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    Accurate prediction of BRCA1 and BRCA2 heterozygous genotypes using expression profiling of lymphocytes after irradiation-induced DNA damage

    Z Kote-Jarai, S Jugurnauth, L Matthews, I Giddings, E Bancroft in Breast Cancer Research (2008)