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2019, Seminars in Spine SurgeryCitation Excerpt :However, surgeons may experience difficulty identifying bony landmarks in degenerative cases with substantial osteophytosis. Furthermore, anomalous vertebral arteries which deviate more medial than normal have been described.16–18,23–25 Such anatomic variability has led some authors to suggest preoperative CT angiography for complex anterior cases including corpectomies.25
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