Posterolateral extradural approach for total excision of lateral thoracic meningocele: technical report.
The author describes a posterolateral extradural approach for total excision of small to moderate symptomatic lateral thoracic meningoceles. Its advantages over the classical laminectomy, intradural repair, and thoracotomy excision are discussed.
Department of Surgery, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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D006801:Humans; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009192:Myelography; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed