Mini-open lateral retroperitoneal lumbar spine approach using psoas muscle retraction technique. Technical report and initial results on six patients

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2113-2119

  Aghayev, Kamran ^a   Vrionis, Frank D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interbody fusion; Lumbar plexus; Psoas muscle; Retroperitoneal approach

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCREW; CAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; PSOAS MUSCLE RETRACTION TECHNIQUE; RADICULOPATHY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEAKNESS;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSOAS MUSCLES; RADICULOPATHY; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84885306583     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2931-1     Document Type: Article

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