Anterior stabilization of the upper thoracic spine via an "interaortocaval subinnominate window": Case report and description of operative technique

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 543-548

  Cohen, Zvi R ^a   Fourney, Daryl R ^c   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^b   Walsh, Garrett L ^a   Rhines, Laurence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervicothoracic junction; Spinal stabilization; Surgical approach; Vertebrectomy

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOTOMY; AORTA; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SPINE DISEASE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; FRACTURE FIXATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD;

AORTA; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PULMONARY ARTERY; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 16644399214     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000117541.10843.c9     Document Type: Article

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