Indirect foraminal decompression after lateral transpsoas interbody fusion: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-333

  Kepler, Christopher K ^a   Sharma, Amit K ^a   Huang, Russel C ^a   Meredith, Dennis S ^a   Girardi, Federico P ^a   Cammisa, Frank P ^a   Sama, Andrew A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme lateral interbody fusion; Foraminal decompression; Indirect decompression; Lateral approach surgery; Lateral transpsoas interbody fusion; Lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIRECT FORAMINAL DECOMPRESSION; INSTRUMENTATION; LATERAL TRANSPSOAS INTERBODY FUSION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; POSITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 12;

EID: 84859577784     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.1.SPINE11528     Document Type: Article

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