Complications of the lateral transpsoas approach for lumbar interbody arthrodesis: A case series and literature review

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1621-1632

  Sofianos, D'Mitri A ^a   Briseño, Michael R ^b   Abrams, Joshua ^b   Patel, Alpesh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHRODESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; ILEUS; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; KYPHOSIS; LATERAL TRANSPSOAS APPROACH; LUMBAR INTERBODY ARTHRODESIS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VOLVULUS;

EID: 84864286534     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-2088-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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