Minimally invasive lateral transpsoas approach to the lumbar spine: Pitfalls and complication avoidance

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 219-231

  Graham, Randall B ^a   Wong, Albert P ^a   Liu, John C ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct lateral interbody fusion; Extreme lateral interbody fusion; Lateral transpsoas approach; Lumbar spine; Lumbosacral plexus; Surgical complications; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC DILATOR; BONE GRAFT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; ILIOPSOAS HEMATOMA; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTERBODY GRAFT; INTERBODY GRAFT SUBSIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL TRANSPSOAS APPROACH; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETRACTOR; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897072522     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: 15581349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2013.12.002     Document Type: Review

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