Motor nerve injuries following the minimally invasive lateral transpsoas approach: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-231

  Cahill, Kevin S ^a   Martinez, Joseph L ^a   Wang, Michael Y ^a   Vanni, Steven ^a   Levi, Allan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Lateral interbody fusion; Lumbar fusion; Minimally invasive procedure; Nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL FLANK BULGE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATERAL TRANSPSOAS APPROACH; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE INJURY; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PSOAS MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84865844625     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.5.SPINE1288     Document Type: Article

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