Femoral nerve strain at l4-l5 is minimized by hip flexion and increased by table break when performing lateral interbody fusion

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-38

  O'Brien, Joseph ^a   Haines, Colin ^a   Dooley, Zachary A ^b   Turner, Alexander W L ^b   Jackson, David ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NuVasive Inc   (United States)

^c Spine Care Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysesthetic leg pain; Femoral nerve; Hip fl exion; Iliopsoas; Lateral decubitus; LLIF; Minimally invasive fusion; Neural blood fl ow; Neural conduction; Strain; Table break; XLIF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; GONIOMETER; HIP FLEXION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL LUMBAR TRANSPSOAS INTERBODY FUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE FUSION; TRUNK; VERTEBRA BODY; X RAY;

AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84893010655     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000039     Document Type: Article

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