The 'Nightmare' of Wrong Level in Spine Surgery: Is Minimally Invasive Spine Technique More Forgiving?

Objective Operating on a wrong level is a nightmare for every surgeon, which has devastating consequences for the patient as well as the surgeon and has potential for serious medical, personal and legal repercussions. There is limited literature of Wrong Level Spine Surgery (WLSS) in Minimally Invas...

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Published in:	Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique
Main Authors:	Arvind Gopalrao Kulkarni, Sudhir Gupta, Vishwanath M. Patil
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Korean Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Society 2017-06-01
Subjects:	minimally invasive spine surgery wrong level surgery incidence
Online Access:	http://www.jmisst.org/upload/pdf/jmisst-2017-00220.pdf

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