Analysis of lumbar plexopathies and nerve injury after lateral retroperitoneal transpsoas approach: Diagnostic standardization

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-297

  Ahmadian, Amir ^a   Deukmedjian, Armen R ^a   Abel, Naomi ^a   Dakwar, Elias ^a   Uribe, Juan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Femoral nerve injury; Functional neurosurgery; Lateral retroperitoneal transpsoas approach; Lumbar plexus; Lumbar spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PARESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PLEXUS NERVE INJURY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STANDARDIZATION;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSOAS MUSCLES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84874722304     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.11.SPINE12755     Document Type: Review

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