Direct lateral transpsoas approach to interbody fusion-may be risky after all

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 605-606

  Galloway, Gloria M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSECTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; GENITOFEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; ILIOINGUINAL NERVE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LATERAL TRANSPSOAS APPROACH; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NERVE; NERVE ROOT; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PSOAS MUSCLE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 85027939108     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31823db011.     Document Type: Review

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