Commentary: An increasing awareness of the complications after transpsoas lumbar interbody fusion procedure

Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1073-1075

  Lehman, Ronald A ^a,b   Kang, Daniel G ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EPIPHYSIS DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR SPINE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTOR; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSPSOAS LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; FEMALE; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SPINE FRACTURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84858779055     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.10.020     Document Type: Note

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