Two-levels mini-open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: Technical note

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 275-280

  Scarone, P ^a   Lepeintre, J F ^a   Bennis, S ^a   Aldea, S ^a   Dupuy, M ^a   Gaillard, S ^a  

^a FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Spinal arthrodesis; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERBODY FUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETRACTOR; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 75149146011     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1239586     Document Type: Article

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