Percutaneous transthoracic fenestration of an intramedullary neurenteric cyst in the thoracic spine with intraoperative magnetic resonance image navigation and thoracoscopy: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 488-492

  Takahashi, Shinobu ^a   Morikawa, Shigehiro ^a   Saruhashi, Yasuo ^a   Matsusue, Yoshitaka ^a   Kawakami, Mamoru ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Navigation; Neurenteric cyst; Percutaneous aspiration; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INTRAMEDULLARY NEURENTERIC CYST; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RARE DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD CYST; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SUCTION; VERTEBRA;

CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEURONAVIGATION; SUCTION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 58149175397     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI.2008.9.11.488     Document Type: Article

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