Mini-Open and Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Technique Review

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-50

  Meyer, Scott A ^a   Wu, Jau Ching ^a,b   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mini open; Minimally invasive; Spondylolisthesis; Tranforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF); Wiltse approach

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CANNULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT MALPOSITION; LOW BACK PAIN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEDICLE CANNULATION; PEDICLE SCREW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SAFETY; SCOLIOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 79951697659     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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