Open AccessAnalysis of the spinal nerve roots in relation to the adjacent vertebral bodies with respect to a posterolateral vertebral body replacement procedure
Author(s) -
Waleed Awwad,
Jonathan Bourget-Murray,
Nadil Zeiadin,
Juan M. Mejía,
Thomas Steffen,
Abdulrahman D Algarni,
Khalid Alsaleh,
Jean Ouellet,
Michael H. Weber,
Peter Jarzem
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.199869
Subject(s) - medicine , vertebrectomy , anatomy , sagittal plane , spinal nerve , nerve root , magnetic resonance imaging , lumbar , vertebral body , radiology , dorsum
This study aims to improve the understanding of the anatomic variations along the thoracic and lumbar spine encountered during an all-posterior vertebrectomy, and reconstruction procedure. This information will help improve our understanding of human spine anatomy and will allow better planning for a vertebral body replacement (VBR) through either a transpedicular or costotransversectomy approach.