title: Total resection of hourglass type thoracic intraspinal tumours at one operation by transversoarthropediculocostectomy.
abstract: Tumours of the spine occasionally also present with an intra-thoracic extension. The authors report on a technique which permits the complete removal of these hourglass lesions at a single operation by transversoarthropediculocostectomy. Its advantages and disadvantages are discussed and the results in 6 patients presented.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed