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Microsurgical removal of anterolateral spinal lesions
Author(s) -
Avman Nurhan,
Özkal Ertuǧ,
Erdoǧ Ahmet
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.1920030309
Subject(s) - medicine , facetectomy , dissection (medical) , neurosurgery , microsurgery , cervical spine , vertebral artery , surgery , laminectomy , spinal cord , radiology , psychiatry
Abstract Lateral and anterior lesions of the cervical spine have posed many technical problems for the neurosurgeon, and a number of approaches have been advocated to solve these difficulties. Microsurgical techniques combined with hemilaminectomy and facetectomy have improved results in cases of anterolateral lesions of the spine. This technique has been especially helpful in treating lesions in the cervical area because it permits exposure of the vertebral artery and the dissection of lesions from the wall of an intact artery.