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Christopher K. Kepler
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Antidepressants and the risk of abnormal bleeding during spinal surgery: a case–control study
Antidepressant medications are widely used by patients requiring spinal surgery. In spite of a generally favorable safety profile of newer antidepressants, several prior studies have suggested an association b...
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Cervicothoracic junction fracture/subluxation after multilevel anterior cervical spine fusion surgery
Several authors have reported cervical dislocations and fracture-dislocations above, below or through the fused cervical segment after cervical fusion. No previous reports have described fracture/dislocations ...
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Postoperative infections of the lumbar spine: presentation and management
Postoperative surgical site infections (SSI) are a frequent complication following posterior lumbar spinal surgery. In this manuscript we review strategies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of SSI.
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Anatomy of the psoas muscle and lumbar plexus with respect to the surgical approach for lateral transpsoas interbody fusion
Lateral transpsoas interbody fusion (LTIF) is a minimally invasive technique that permits interbody fusion utilizing cages placed via a direct lateral retroperitoneal approach. We sought to describe the locati...
