Minimally invasive lateral approach for symptomatic thoracic disc herniation: Initial multicenter clinical experience - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-279

  Uribe, Juan S ^a   Smith, William D ^b   Pimenta, Luiz ^c   Härtl, Roger ^d   Dakwar, Elias ^a   Modhia, Urvij M ^e   Pollock, Glen A ^a   Nagineni, Vams I ^d   Smith, Ryan ^b   Christian, Ginger ^b   Oliveira, Leonardo ^c   Marchi, Luis ^c   Deviren, Vedat ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University Medical Center of Southern Nevada   (United States)

^c Minimally Invasive and Reconstructive Spine Surgery   (Brazil)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Extreme lateral interbody fusion; Minimally invasive approach; Outcome; Prolapse; Thoracic disc herniation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLEEDING; BONE PLATE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROGENIC BOWEL; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863230352     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.10.SPINE11291     Document Type: Article

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