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Successful outcome of six-level cervicothoracic corpectomy and circumferential reconstruction: case report and review of literature on multilevel cervicothoracic corpectomy

Authors: Frank L. Acosta Jr, Henry E. Aryan, Christopher P. Ames

Published in: European Spine Journal | Special Issue 5/2006

Abstract

The authors report the successful outcome of a six-level corpectomy across the cervico-thoracic spine with circumferential reconstruction in a patient with extensive osteomyelitis of the cervical and upper thoracic spine. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of a corpectomy extending across six levels of the cervico-thoracic spine. Clinical relevance: the authors recommend anterior cage and plate-assisted reconstruction and additional posterior instrumentation using modern spinal surgical techniques and implants.

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Title: Successful outcome of six-level cervicothoracic corpectomy and circumferential reconstruction: case report and review of literature on multilevel cervicothoracic corpectomy
Authors: Frank L. Acosta Jr
Henry E. Aryan
Christopher P. Ames
Publication date: 01-10-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue Special Issue 5/2006
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-006-0203-z

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