The anatomic rationale for transforaminal endoscopic interbody fusion: A cadaveric analysis

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-4

  Hardenbrook, Mitchell ^a   Lombardo, Sergio ^b   Wilson, Miles C ^c   Telfeian, Albert E ^d  

^a Advance Spine Institute   (United States)

^b Naval Health Clinic   (United States)

^c A2 Medical   (United States)

^d Brown University Program in Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic discectomy; Kambin's triangle; Minimally invasive; TLIF; Transforaminal; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CADAVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PROCEDURES; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY;

CADAVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84958612261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.10.FOCUS15389     Document Type: Article

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