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Posterolateral approach for decompression with anterior and posterior fusion: a less invasive surgical technique for stabilization of the thoracic spine
1998
Neurosurgical Focus
The goals of surgery in unstable thoracic fractures or tumors involving the thoracic spine are neural decompression, correction of deformity, and stabilization. Several different approaches can be used to achieve these goals. The anterior, combined anterior and posterior, and more recently thoracoscopic approaches are well described in the literature and are extremely effective in achieving the goals mentioned. However, they do carry with them significant morbidity and mortality rates in
doi:10.3171/foc.1998.4.2.6
pmid:17206768
fatcat:s6w6zamit5gcddjwwlgqr5yea4