Open AccessFunctional outcome of right-sided thoracotomy for tuberculosis of the dorsal spine
Author(s) -
Sudhir Srivastava,
Nandan Marathe,
Sunil Bhosale,
Aditya Raj,
Kiran Dhole,
Harsh Agarwal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_311_19
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracotomy , kyphosis , dorsum , surgery , thoracic vertebrae , aorta , vertebra , radiology , anatomy , radiography , lumbar vertebrae , lumbar
In pathologies of the spine involving dorsal vertebrae, it is a routine practice to go for left-sided thoracotomy. It is so because in this approach, we encounter the aorta before reaching the concerned dorsal vertebra which is easy to handle as compared to the inferior vena cava on the right-sided approach. This is because the aorta is a structure with thick muscular wall. However, there are conditions which demand right-sided thoracotomy for better outcome such as idiopathic scoliosis and dorsal spine tuberculosis (TB). The selection of side of thoracotomy should be done on case-to-case basis.