Lumbar plexus anatomy within the psoas muscle: Implications for the transpsoas lateral approach to the L4-L5 disc

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1482-1487

  Davis, Timothy T ^a   Bae, Hyun W ^a   Mok, James M ^b   Rasouli, Alexandre ^a   Delamarter, Rick B ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR PLEXUS; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSPSOAS LATERAL SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 80052849017     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00962     Document Type: Article

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