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Thoracic Corpectomy: Indications and Techniques

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A spine surgeon must contemplate multiple factors, including a patient’s overall health and functional status, pathology, surgical goals, levels involved, and one’s own comfort level before undertaking a thoracic corpectomy. A variety of approaches have been developed over the last several decades to maximize access to and minimize manipulation of the thoracic spinal cord.

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  1. MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital, Clinton, MD, USA

    Steven Spitz

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    Anthony Conte

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  1. Washington Spine & Scoliosis, Institute at OrthoBethesda, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Joseph R. O'Brien

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    S. Bobby Kalantar

  3. Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Yakima, WA, USA

    Doniel Drazin

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    Faheem A. Sandhu

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Spitz, S., Conte, A. (2020). Thoracic Corpectomy: Indications and Techniques. In: O'Brien, J., Kalantar, S., Drazin, D., Sandhu, F. (eds) The Resident's Guide to Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20847-9_12

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