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2. Vertebral artery dissection - Wikipedia

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   Vertebral artery dissection is one of the two types of cervical artery dissection.The other type, carotid artery dissection, involves the carotid arteries.Vertebral artery dissection is further classified as being either traumatic (caused by mechanical trauma to the neck) or spontaneous, and it may also be classified by the part of the artery involved: extracranial (the part outside the skull ...

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   A half-century ago, it was common for U.S. medical schools to use unclaimed bodies, and doing so remains legal in most of the country, including Texas. Many programs have halted the practice in ...

4. Arterial dissections - Wikipedia

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   Arterial dissections become life-threatening when growth of the false lumen prevents perfusion of the true lumen and the related end organs. For example, in an aortic dissection, if the left subclavian artery orifice were distal to the origin of the dissection, then the left subclavian would be said to be perfused by the false lumen, while the left common carotid (and its end organ, the left ...

5. Nutcracker syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Nutcracker phenomenon, renal vein entrapment syndrome, mesoaortic compression of the left renal vein. The nutcracker syndrome results from compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery. The nutcracker syndrome (NCS) results most commonly from the compression of the left renal vein (LRV) between the ...

6. Laminotomy - Wikipedia

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   A laminotomy is an orthopaedic neurosurgical procedure that removes part of the lamina of a vertebral arch in order to relieve pressure in the vertebral canal. [1] A laminotomy is less invasive than conventional vertebral column surgery techniques, such as laminectomy because it leaves more ligaments and muscles attached to the spinous process intact and it requires removing less bone from the ...

7. Golden Retriever Can't Stop Smiling While Cuddling with His ...

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   Pup parents aren't the only ones who are influenced by a dog's unwavering love, and Maui the Golden Retriever found the perfect way to prove it. He and his human brother have the sweetest bond ...

8. Cervical artery dissection - Wikipedia

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   Cervical artery dissection has been noted to be a common cause of young adult strokes, with some sources indicating a prevalence of up to 20% in this young adult population with annual incidence rates between 2.6 and 2.9 per 100,000, although these incidences may be misleading with true incidences being higher because clinical presentations can vary, many being minor or self-limited, and thus ...

9. Diastematomyelia - Wikipedia

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   Diastematomyelia is a "dysraphic state" of unknown embryonic origin, but is probably initiated by an accessory neurenteric canal (an additional embryonic spinal canal.).) This condition may be an isolated phenomenon or may be associated with other segmental anomalies of the vertebral bodies such as spina bifida, kyphoscoliosis, butterfly vertebra, hemivertebra and block vertebrae which are ...