Laparoscopic approach to L4-L5 for interbody fusion using BAK cages: Experience in the first 58 cases

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2171-2174

  Regan, John J ^a   Aronoff, Ronald J ^b   Ohnmeiss, Donna D ^a,c   Sengupta, Dilip K ^a,c  

^a TEXAS BACK INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Texas Health Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion; Fusion cages; Laparoscopic spine fusion; Spinal anatomy; Surgical approaches

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; AORTA BIFURCATION; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INJURY; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033570287     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199910150-00018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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