Minimal invasive anterolateral transthoracic transpleural approach: A novel technique for thoracic disc herniation. A review of the literature, description of a new surgical technique and experience with first 12 consecutive patients

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Deviren, Vedat ^a   Kuelling, Fabrice A ^b   Poulter, Greg ^c   Pekmezci, Murat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Vail Summit Orthopedics   (United States)

Author keywords

minimally invasive surjery; spinal cord compression; thoracic disc herniation; transthoracic approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMAL INVASIVE ANTEROLATERAL TRANSTHORACIC TRANSPLEURAL APPROACH; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORACIC DISC HERNIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959970097     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318220af6f     Document Type: Review

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