Surgical anatomy of the craniocervical junction relevant to chiari malformations

R. Shane Tubbs; Mohammadali Mohajel Shoja; Marios Loukas; W. Jerry Oakes

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6369-6_5

Surgical anatomy of the craniocervical junction relevant to chiari malformations

R. Shane Tubbs, Mohammadali Mohajel Shoja, Marios Loukas, W. Jerry Oakes

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Abstract

The anatomy of the craniocervical junction is complex with an intricate intersection between lower cranial and upper cervical nerves and the osteology of the posterior fossa skull and the atlanto-axial joints. A comprehensive understanding of this morphology is important to those treating patients with hindbrain herniation. In this chapter, the surgical anatomy of the posterior fossa and its contents (cerebellum, brainstem, lower cranial nerves, vertebrobasilar arteries, cranial venous sinuses) and upper cervical spine and its related neurovascular structures are reviewed and in special regard to the anatomy encountered in posterior fossa decompression for the Chiari malformations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Chiari Malformations
Publisher	Springer New York
Pages	73-82
Number of pages	10
Volume	9781461463696
ISBN (Electronic)	9781461463696
ISBN (Print)	1461463688, 9781461463689
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6369-6_5
State	Published - Mar 1 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Anatomy
Chiari
Hindbrain
Morphology
Posterior fossa

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)

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Tubbs, R. S., Mohajel Shoja, M., Loukas, M., & Oakes, W. J. (2013). Surgical anatomy of the craniocervical junction relevant to chiari malformations. In The Chiari Malformations (Vol. 9781461463696, pp. 73-82). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6369-6_5

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