Background: Vertebral artery injury (VAI) can be a devastating complication during cervical
spine surgery. Although considered a rare occurrence overall, incidences of VAI have been …

Intra-operative navigation has revolutionized spinal instrumentation. The O-arm (a mobile X-
ray system; Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN) is uniquely capable of enabling visualization of the …

Background: Vertebral artery injuries during cervical spine surgery are rare, but potentially
fatal. When performing cervical spine surgery, it is imperative that the surgeon has a …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Vertebral artery (VA) injury can be a catastrophic iatrogenic
complication of cervical spine surgery. Although the incidence is rare, it has serious …

Injury to the vertebral artery during cervical spine surgery is a rare but potentially serious
complication with an incidence of approximately 0.3% to 0.5%. 1, 2 The consequences can …

Objective: This study aims to emphasize the importance of preoperative vascular screening
during anterior cervical access planning visualized through a rare case of a VA aberration in …

In elderly, the fractures in C1-C2 are a common entity. Poor bone quality and wide range of
motion hamper the natural bone fusion, thus making surgery often the only possible way to …

Study Design: A multicenter retrospective case series was compiled involving 21 medical
institutions. Inclusion criteria included patients who underwent cervical spine surgery …

Introduction Vertebral artery injury is a rare but serious complication of cervical spine
surgery with an overall incidence rate of 1.4%(Rampersaud, 2006). Iatrogenic injury of the …

BACKGROUND An injury of the vertebral artery (VA) is one of the most catastrophic
complications in the setting of cervical spine surgery. Anatomic variations of the VA can …