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Surgical anatomy of the craniocervical junction

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Pathology and surgery around the vertebral artery

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The craniocervical junction is a narrow transitional zone between the skull and the cervical vertebral column and includes highly significant and eloquent neural tissue, such as the medulla oblongata, the lower cranial nerves, and the upper cervical spinal cord. With major arterial flow and venous drainage through this junction and the special architecture of this condensed region, which allows movement, one can imagine the difficulty of surgical approach in this area. Surgical intervention in the craniocervical junction demands familiarity with the plump cervical muscular layers, the surrounding bony anatomy, the deep craniocervical arterial and venous anatomy, and the anatomy of the neural tissue inside the junction.

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Türe, U., Kaya, A.H. (2011). Surgical anatomy of the craniocervical junction. In: Pathology and surgery around the vertebral artery. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-287-89787-0_24

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