Laparoscopic anterior lumbar interbody fusion at L4-L5: An anatomic evaluation and approach classification

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1390-1395

  Kleeman, Thomas J ^a   Michael Ahn, Uri ^a   Clutterbuck, William B ^a   Campbell, Connie J ^a   Talbot Kleeman, Anne ^a  

^a New Hampshire Neuro Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion; Laparoscopic spine fusion; Spinal vascular anatomy; Surgical approaches

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; IMPOTENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0036645008     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200207010-00004     Document Type: Article

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