Complications and morbidities of mini-open anterior retroperitoneal lumbar interbody fusion: Oblique lumbar interbody fusion in 179 patients

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-97

  Silvestre, Clément ^a   Mac Thiong, Jean Marc ^b,c,d   Hilmi, Radwan ^a   Roussouly, Pierre ^a  

^a Centre Medico Chirurgical de Readaptation des Massues   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; Interbody fusion; Lumbar spine; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865394621     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2012.6.2.89     Document Type: Article

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