Technical note: Resolution of spontaneous electromyographic discharge following disk-space distraction during lateral transpsoas interbody fusion

International Journal of Spine Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Woodall, Michael Neil ^a   Shakir, Basheer ^a   Smitherman, Adam ^a   Choudhri, Haroon ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DLIF; Indirect decompression; LLIF; LTIF; Transpsoas; XLIF

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LATERAL TRANSPSOAS INTERBODY FUSION; LEG PAIN; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84889602069     PISSN: 22114599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsp.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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