The surgical management of atlantoaxial instability remains one of the most challenging and delicate procedures in spinal surgery. Instability between the atlas (C1) and axis (C2) is often associated ...

Atlantoaxial instability (excessive movement between the first and second cervical vertebrae) can be caused by trauma, malignancy and inflammatory or congenital defects. It can present with local pain ...

CEREBROVASCULAR disease ranked third, after heart disease and cancer, as a cause of death in the United States in 1959. Almost 37,000 of these deaths occurred in persons between thirty-eight and sixty ...

Currently, there is no consensus on the most effective medical therapy for posterior circulation ischemia. To date, there have been no randomized trials studying the use of different antiplatelet ...

The vertebrobasilar arterial supply feeds the brain stem (medulla, pons, and midbrain), cerebellum, occipital lobes, posterior temporal lobes, and thalamus (not visible in this view). The arterial ...

BARCELONA ― Stenting of the vertebral artery ― particularly for extracranial stenosis ― can be performed with low perioperative risk and appears to be associated with a reduced recurrent stroke risk, ...

Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM): Cerebral Angiogram, left vertebral injection, lateral view. A large arteriovenous malformation can be seen arising from the vertebral artery (arterial feeders ...

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Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteolytic Vertebral Compression Fractures as a Result of Multiple Myeloma. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to ...