Successful outcome of six-level cervicothoracic corpectomy and circumferential reconstruction: case report and review of literature on multilevel cervicothoracic corpectomy
Open Access
- 19 August 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in European Spine Journal
- Vol. 15 (S5), 670-674
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-006-0203-z
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.Keywords
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