Lateral extracavitary, costotransversectomy, and transthoracic thoracotomy approaches to the thoracic spine: Review of techniques and complications

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 222-232

  Lubelski, Daniel ^a,b   Abdullah, Kalil G ^a,b   Steinmetz, Michael P ^b,c   Masters, Frank ^a   Benzel, Edward C ^d   Mroz, Thomas E ^d,e   Shin, John H ^f  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Costotransversectomy; Lateral extracavitary; Spine complications; Thoracic spine; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; COSTOTRANSVERSECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION; DEGENERATION; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INFECTION; LATERAL EXTRACAVITARY; LIQUORRHEA; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE ROOT; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PARESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIB RESECTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC THORACOTOMY; VERTEBRA BODY; WOUND INFECTION;

CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL DISEASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84880040040     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31823f3139     Document Type: Review

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