Minimally Invasive Thoracic Corpectomy

Indications

• Conditions requiring ventral decompression of the spinal cord with removal of one to two vertebral bodies at any level of the thoracic spine.

• Extradural tumors.

• Infection (e.g., diskitis, osteomyelitis).

• Fractures or trauma.

• Degenerative disease or focal deformity.

• Patients for whom open thoracotomy or traditional open lateral extracavitary approaches may present excessive morbidity.