Anatomic mapping of lumbar nerve roots during a direct lateral transpsoas approach to the spine: A cadaveric study

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Banagan, Kelley ^a   Gelb, Daniel ^a   Poelstra, Kornelis ^a   Ludwig, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomic mapping; anterior third of psoas; direct lateral transpsoas approach; Lumbar nerve roots; lumbar plexus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE; DIRECT LATERAL TRANSPSOAS; DISSECTION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE INJURY;

CADAVER; DISKECTOMY; DISSECTION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PSOAS MUSCLES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 79955674612     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ec5911     Document Type: Article

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