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.
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Department of Surgery, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
D006801:Humans; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009192:Myelography; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed