The effects of external compression by three different retractors on pressure in the erector spine muscles during and after posterior lumbar spine surgery in humans

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 354-358

  Styf, Jorma R ^a   Willén, Jan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

External compression; Intramuscular pressure; Posterior lumbar spine surgery; Spinal retractors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTOR; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BACK INJURIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PRESSURE;

EID: 0032005992     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199802010-00014     Document Type: Article

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