The rising psoas sign: An analysis of preoperative imaging characteristics of aborted minimally invasive lateral interbody fusions at L4-5: Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 531-537

  Voyadzis, Jean Marc ^a   Felbaum, Daniel ^a   Rhee, Jay ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

DLIF; L4 5; Lateral interbody fusion; Lumbar; Minimally invasive; Psoas; XLIF

Indexed keywords

PREGABALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB DYSESTHESIA; LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSOAS MUSCLE; RISING PSOAS SIGN; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PSOAS MUSCLES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84899720253     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.1.SPINE13153     Document Type: Article

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