Angiology
Precise surgical anatomy knowledge required to prevent iatrogenic vertebral artery injury
Published in Blood Weekly, January 19th, 2006
"Iatrogenic vertebral artery injury (VAI) results from various diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The objective of this article is to provide an update on the mechanism of injury and management of this potentially devastating complication," scientists writing in the journal Acta Neurologica Scandinavica report. "A literature search was conducted using PubMed.
J. Inamasu and colleagues, University South Florida, wrote, "The iatrogenic VAIs were categorized according to each diagnostic or therapeutic procedure responsible for the...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2006-01-19)
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