Direct lateral retroperitoneal approach for the surgical treatment of lumbar discitis and osteomyelitis

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Madhavan, Karthik ^a   Vanni, Steven ^a   Williams, Seth K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Discitis; Lateral retroperitoneal approach; Minimally invasive spine surgery; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEVICES; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROCEDURES; RETROPERITONEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION;

AGED; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84907373622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.6.FOCUS14150     Document Type: Article

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