Anatomical considerations for the extreme lateral (XLIF) approach

Current Orthopaedic Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 368-374

  Paulino, Carl ^a,b   Patel, Ashish ^a,b,c   Carrer, Alexandra ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Genitofemoral nerve; Interbody fusion; Lumbar plexus; Psoas; XLIF

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

EXTREME LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION; FEMORAL NERVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77956837169     PISSN: 19407041     EISSN: 19417551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCO.0b013e3181e2bc39     Document Type: Review

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