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Multilevel lateral extra-cavitary corpectomy and reconstruction for non-contiguous metastatic lesions to the spine: case report and literature review.
- Sassan Keshavarzi and Henry E Aryan.
- Division of Neurosurgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103-8893, USA. skeshavarzi@ucsd.edu
- J Surg Oncol. 2009 Apr 1; 99 (5): 314-7.
AbstractIn patients with metastatic disease to their spine and compromise of neurologic function, the challenge is to accomplish decompression of the neural elements and maintain mechanical stability but limit the risk and morbidity to the patient. In this case report the lateral extracavitary approach is employed to accomplish these tasks through a single approach in a patient with multiple non-contiguous sites of dorsal as well as ventral cord compression.
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