Chyloretroperitoneum following anterior spinal deformity correction: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 562-565

  Upadhyaya, Cheerag D ^a   Park, Paul ^a   La Marca, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chyloretroperitoneum; Complication; Deformity; Scoliosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CHYLORETROPERITONEUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG EDEMA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHEDEMA; MASSAGE; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RETROPERITONEUM; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35948975140     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/11/562     Document Type: Article

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