title: Total vertebrectomy for en bloc resection of lung cancer invading the spine.
abstract: We describe a technique of total vertebrectomy for en bloc resection of a non-small cell lung cancer with vertebral invasion through a combination of thoracic and enlarged posterior approaches, and present our entire experience of total and partial vertebrectomy for tumors invading vertebral bodies or the costovertebral angle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris Choisy, Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grunenwald
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mazel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Girard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berthiot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dromer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baldeyrou
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods