title: Transparaspinal exposure of dumbbell tumors of the spine. Report of two cases.
abstract: The authors present a surgical technique for resection of dumbbell tumors of the spine. The transparaspinal exposure combines laminectomy and sectioning of the paraspinal muscles through a transverse incision. The procedure allows total tumor resection by means of a single posterior approach in selected patients, thus obviating the need for a combined anteroposterior operation. The advantages and disadvantages of the transparaspinal approach compared with the more extensive lateral extracavitary approach are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10467, USA.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Onesti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ashkenazi
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Michelsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000601:surgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*