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Edited by R. Shane Tubbs, PhD, MSc, PA-C, Professor, Director of Surgical Anatomy, Tulane University School of Medicine, Program Director of Anatomical Research, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, USA; Rod J. Oskouian Jr., MD, Neurosurgeon Chief of the Spine Program at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Sweden; Joe Iwanaga, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Dental and Oral Medical Center at Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. and Marc Moisi, Chief of Neurosurgery, DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital
1 Superficial Nerves of the Anterolateral Abdominal Wall and the Lateral Transpsoas Approach to the Lumbar Spine
2 Muscles of the Anterolateral Abdominal Wall
3 The Posterior Abdominal Wall and Retroperitoneum
4 Posterior Abdominal Wall Muscles
5 The Diaphragm
6 Lumbar Plexus
7 Lumbar Vertebrae
8 Lumbar Intervertebral Discs
9 The Ligaments of the Lumbar Spine
10 The Lumbar Intervertebral Foramina
11 Sectional Anatomy for the Lateral Transpsoas Approach to the Lumbar Spine: A Pictorial Guide
12 The Sympathetic Trunk in the Abdomen
13 The Lumbosacral Trunk and Tunnel
14 Lateral Transpsoas Approaches to the Lumbar Spine and the Kidney, Ureter, and Colon
15 Lymphatics of the Abdomen
16 Anatomical Variations Relevant to the Lateral Transpsoas Approach to the Lumbar Spine
17 Technique: Lateral Transpsoas Approaches to the Lumbar Spine
18 Autonomics of the Abdomen
19 The Abdominal Aorta
20 The Inferior Vena Cava and Its Branches and Connections in the Abdomen
21 Lateral Approaches to the Thoracolumbar JunctiondAnatomical Considerations
22 Lateral Approaches to the Thoracic Spine
23 Techniques for the Lateral Thoracolumbar Approach
24 Complications From Lateral Transpsoas Approaches to the Lumbar Spine
25 Tips and Tricks of Lateral Approaches to the Thoracolumbar Spine
