The thoracolumbar spine poses unique challenges when considering surgical treatment
options. In the era of modern medicine, nonoperative treatments have become more …

Background: Minimally invasive (MIS) techniques have gained considerable attention for the
management of degenerative spinal pathologies. However, few studies have compared the …

Study Design: Retrospective case series. Objective: To report our experience with
corpectomy of the thoracolumbar (TL) spine through a minimally invasive lateral retropleural …

BACKGROUND: Traditional open anterior approaches to the TL spine were reported with a
significant morbidity from a large wound field; therefore,“minimally invasive” thoracoscopic …

BACKGROUND Neoplastic, traumatic, infectious, and degenerative pathologies affecting the
thoracolumbar junction pose a unique challenge to spine surgeons. Posterior or anterior …

Diseases that affect the thoracolumbar junction present a unique challenge to the spine
surgeon. Various techniques have been described to treat this clinical entity from the …

Background Corpectomy is a frequently performed procedure for pathologies of the anterior
spine including neoplasms, fractures, deformities, and osteomyelitis. Traditional approaches …

Object In this paper, the authors' goal was to demonstrate the clinical and technical nuances
of a minimally invasive lateral extracavitary approach (MI-LECA) for thoracic corpectomy and …

Minimally invasive surgical approaches have been advocated to approach ventrolateral
thoracolumbar pathology. This article describes our technique for performing minimally …

Object Whereas standard anterior approaches for thoracolumbar corpectomies have
commonly been used, the transpedicular technique is increasingly used to perform …