Extreme lateral interbody fusion approach for isolated thoracic and thoracolumbar spine diseases: Initial clinical experience and early outcomes

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 368-375

  Karikari, Isaac O ^a   Nimjee, Shahid M ^a   Hardin, Carolyn A ^a   Hughes, Betsy D ^a   Hodges, Tiffany R ^a   Mehta, Ankit I ^a   Choi, Jonathan ^a   Brown, Christopher R ^a   Isaacs, Robert E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

scoliosis; spine fusion; thoracic disc; thoracic spine; transpsoas; XLIF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISKITIS; EXTREME LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051798325     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181ffefd2     Document Type: Article

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