Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF®): how I do it

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 547-551

  Berjano, Pedro ^a   Gautschi, Oliver P ^b   Schils, Frédéric ^c   Tessitore, Enrico ^b  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Clinique Generale de Beaulieu   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Directional neuromonitoring; Extreme lateral interbody fusion, XLIF ; Minimally invasive spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTREME LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIDEORECORDING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84923675496     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-014-2248-9     Document Type: Article

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