Insidious intraoperative ureteral injury as a complication in oblique lumbar interbody fusion surgery: a case report

Insidious intraoperative ureteral injury as a complication in oblique lumbar interbody fusion surgery: a case report

Abstract Background Oblique lumbar interbody fusion surgery is a recently introduced minimally invasive lateral interbody fusion surgery for degenerative lumbar disease. There have been no reports of associated ureteral injury. Case presentation A 77-year-old Japanese woman underwent oblique lumbar...

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Main Authors: Go Kubota, Sumihisa Orita, Tomotaka Umimura, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Seiji Ohtori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF)
Minimally invasive surgery
Lumbar spine
Ureteral injury
Complications
Interbody fusion
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2509-9

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