Thoracic Corpectomy—Anterior Approach

Indications

• Unstable burst fractures with anterior spinal cord compression.

• Primary or metastatic vertebral tumors.

• Osteomyelitis or diskitis.

• Severe spinal deformities.

• Sequestered thoracic disk herniation with migration dorsal to the vertebral body, leading to spinal cord impingement and neurologic deficits.

• Failed previous stabilization surgery (anterior or posterior) resulting in pseudarthrosis, instability, or both.