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corpectomy

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corpectomy,
the removal of a vertebral body.


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12,21-23 Likely bleeding sources include epidural veins, tumour feeding vessels, and sometimes intercostal vessels (especially when corpectomy is involved).
Review article: Approach-related complications of open versus ... by K M C Cheung and S Al Ghazi / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Urgent anterior reduction, corpectomy, discectomy, caged fusion, and posterior spinal instrumented fusion were performed.
Orthopedic Injuries in U.S. Casualties Treated on a Hospital Ship ... by Jerome G Enad and Jeff D Headrick / Military Medicine
Comparison of outcomes for unstable lower cervical flexion teardrop fractures managed with halo thoracic vest versus anterior corpectomy and plating.
MRI in acute spinal trauma by Hollingshead, Michael C.; Castillo, Mauricio / Applied Radiology
 
 
 
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