Retroperitoneal lymphatic cyst formation after anterior lumbar interbody fusion: A report of 3 cases

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-150

  Thaler, Martin ^a   Achatz, Wolfgang ^b   Liebensteiner, Michael ^a   Nehoda, Hermann ^c   Bach, Christian M ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; Lumbar spine; Operative complications; Retroperitoneal lymphocele; Revision surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; INTERBODY FUSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL LYMPHOCELE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHOCELE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; THORACIC DUCT; URETER; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 77951063743     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181a60b29     Document Type: Article

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