Successful Outcome of Six-level Cervicothoracic Corpectomy and Circumferential Reconstruction: Case Report and Review of Literature on Multilevel Cervicothoracic Corpectomy

Overview

Journal Eur Spine J

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 2006 Aug 23

PMID 16924551

Citations 4

Authors

Frank L Acosta Jr

Henry E Aryan

Christopher P Ames

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Abstract

Unlabelled: 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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