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In lumbar spine surgery, complications due to damage of the vascular and nervous system may occur. The Authors describe all the possible events in posterior and anterior accesses and examine the precautions to avoid them and, if they arise, how to treat them.
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Salvi, V., Boux, E. & Vigna Suria, M. Le complicanze vascolo-nervose nella chirurgia della colonna lombare. LO SCALPELLO 28, 2–5 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11639-014-0051-2
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