Visceral and vascular complications resulting from anterior lumbar interbody fusion

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 60-64

  Rajaraman, Viswanathan ^a   Vingan, Roy ^b   Roth, Patrick ^b   Heary, Robert F ^b   Conklin, Lisa ^b   Jacobs, George B ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lumbar fusion; Postoperative complications; Retroperitoneal approach; Sympathetic dysfunction; Venous injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 0032744934     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.1999.91.1.0060     Document Type: Article

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