Urological injury as a complication of the transpsoas approach for discectomy and interbody fusion: Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-23

  Anand, Neel ^a   Baron, Eli M ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Lumbar spine; Minimally invasive spine surgery; Transpsoas approach

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; POLYETHERETHERKETONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KIDNEY INJURY; LUMBAR SPINE; NEPHROSTOMY TUBE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; URETER INJURY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KIDNEY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PSOAS MUSCLES; SPINAL FUSION; URETER;

EID: 84872193694     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.SPINE12659     Document Type: Article

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