Neurological deficit from a purely vascular etiology after unilateral vessel ligation during anterior thoracolumbar fusion of the spine

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 406-410

  Orchowski, Joseph ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal fusion; Complications; Neurologic deficit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; AORTA; ARTERY; ARTERY LIGATION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEGMENTAL ARTERY; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 13844312361     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000153391.55608.72     Document Type: Review

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