title: Surgical correction of symptomatic vertebral artery kinking.
abstract: Two cases of repeated posterior fossa ischaemia are presented. Other sources of embolization, except middle part vertebral artery kinkings were excluded. Medical therapy failed in both cases. A simple surgical technique was employed--kink straightening and fixation. In both cases the surgery was simple, safe, yielding the desired effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Central Military Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. benes@uvn.cz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benes
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Netuka
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000601:surgery*