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Case Reports
. 1996 Feb;61(2):723-5; discussion 725-6.
doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01099-8.

Total vertebrectomy for en bloc resection of lung cancer invading the spine

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Total vertebrectomy for en bloc resection of lung cancer invading the spine

D Grunenwald et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Feb.

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.

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