The lumbosacral plexus: Anatomic considerations for minimally invasive retroperitoneal transpsoas approach

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-157

  Guérin, Patrick ^a,b   Obeid, Ibrahim ^b   Bourghli, Anouar ^a,b   Masquefa, Thibault ^b   Luc, Stéphane ^b   Gille, Olivier ^b   Pointillart, Vincent ^b   Vital, Jean Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Lumbar fusion; Lumbar plexus; Minimally invasive spinal surgery; Safe working zone; Transpsoas lateral approach

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CADAVER; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSOAS MUSCLE; RETROPERITONEUM; SPINE FUSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSOAS MUSCLES; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84862726719     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-011-0881-z     Document Type: Article

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