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Relevant Surgical Anatomy of the Posterior Subaxial Spine and the Cervicothoracic Junction

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While the subaxial cervical spine consists of four typical cervical vertebrae from C3 to C6, the vertebras between C6 and Th4 show special and unique characteristics. The cervicothoracic junction is the intersection between the mobile cervical spine and the rigid thoracic spine. This chapter focuses on the muscular anatomy of the posterior subaxial and upper thoracic spine and on the special bony anatomy of the vertebras forming the cervicothoracic junction.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Klinikum Esslingen, Esslingen a.N., Germany

    Gergely Bodon

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Clinic Universitari de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Andres Combalia

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

    Heiko Koller

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Yohan Robinson

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Bodon, G., Combalia, A. (2019). Relevant Surgical Anatomy of the Posterior Subaxial Spine and the Cervicothoracic Junction. In: Koller, H., Robinson, Y. (eds) Cervical Spine Surgery: Standard and Advanced Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93432-7_8

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