Vulnerability of the subcostal nerve to injury during bone graft harvesting from the iliac crest

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 87-89

  Chou, Dean ^b   Storm, Phillip B ^b   Campbell, James N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autologous graft; Complication; Fusion; Pain; Peripheral nerve; Spine

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; DISSECTION; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC CREST; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE; NERVE INJURY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SUBCOSTAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; ABDOMEN; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; ILIAC BONE; INJURY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKIN; SPINAL NERVE; TRANSPLANTATION; VERTEBRA;

ABDOMEN; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; SKIN; SPINAL NERVES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 3042684168     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2004.1.1.0087     Document Type: Article

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