title: Combined posterior hemiosteotomies and stabilization with lateral thoracotomy for en bloc resection of thoracic paraspinal primary bone tumors: technical note.
abstract: Primary bone tumors of the spine are rare entities with a poor prognosis if left untreated. En bloc excision is the preferred surgical approach to minimize the rate of recurrence. Paraspinal primary bone tumors are even less common. In this technical note the authors present an approach to the en bloc resection of primary bone tumors of the paraspinal thoracic region with posterior vertebral body hemiosteotomies and lateral thoracotomy. They also describe 2 illustrative cases.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of 1 Neurosurgery and.
authors.forename: Mauricio J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Avila
authors.affiliation: Divisions of 1 Neurosurgery and.
authors.forename: Jesse
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skoch
authors.affiliation: Divisions of 1 Neurosurgery and.
authors.forename: Vernard S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Fennell
authors.affiliation: Divisions of 1 Neurosurgery and.
authors.forename: Sheri K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Palejwala
authors.affiliation: Divisions of 1 Neurosurgery and.
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Divisions of 1 Neurosurgery and.
authors.forename: Ali A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Baaj
keywords: chondrosarcoma; chordoma; en bloc resection; oncology; osteotomy: spinal neoplasms; thoracic neoplasms