Contralateral femoral nerve compression: An unrecognized complication after extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF)

Ioannis D. Papanastassiou; Mohammad Eleraky; Frank D. Vrionis

doi:10.1016/J.JOCN.2010.07.109

Contralateral femoral nerve compression: An unrecognized complication after extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF)

Ioannis D. Papanastassiou
, Mohammad Eleraky
, Frank D. Vrionis

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Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
Volume	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JOCN.2010.07.109
State	Published - Jan 1 2011

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