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vertebral corpectomy
Indications:
- *intraspinal lesion
- spinal cord neoplasm
- spinal cord compression
Procedure:
- resection of vertebral body
- often in conjunction with discectomy
- vertebral fusion follows corpectomy
Specific
vertebral corpectomy with decompression of spinal cord
vertebral corpectomy, cervical
vertebral corpectomy, lumbar
vertebral corpectomy, thoracic
General
ostectomy
spinal surgery; vertebral surgery
References
- Wikipedia: Corpectomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpectomy