Retroperitoneal oblique corridor to the L2-S1 intervertebral discs in the lateral position: An anatomic study: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 785-793

  Davis, Timothy T ^a   Hynes, Richard A ^c   Fung, Daniel A ^a   Spann, Scott W ^e   MacMillan, Michael ^d   Kwon, Brian ^f   Liu, John ^b   Acosta, Frank ^b   Drochner, Thomas E ^g  

^a Orthopedic Pain Specialists   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BACK Center   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Westlake Orthopaedics and Spine   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Medtronic Spine and Biologics   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Lateral access; Lumbar interbody fusion; Oblique access; Psoas

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FASCIA; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE ENDING; PSOAS MUSCLE; RECUMBENCY; RETROPERITONEUM; SACRAL VERTEBRA; SACRUM; SECOND LUMBAR VERTEBRA; SKIN NERVE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CADAVER; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; SURGERY;

CADAVER; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SACRUM;

EID: 84922392213     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.7.SPINE13564     Document Type: Article

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