Open AccessA limited unilateral transpedicular approach for anterior decompression of the thoracolumbar spinal cord in elderly and high-risk patients
Author(s) -
Khalid Alsaleh,
Amjad Alduhaish
Publication year - 2019
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/jcvjs.jcvjs_20_19
Subject(s) - medicine , kyphosis , surgery , corpectomy , decompression , posterior column , deformity , spinal cord , spinal cord compression , vertebral column , scoliosis , osteotomy , spinal canal , radiography , psychiatry , acetabulum
Surgical treatment for elderly patients with thoracolumbar (TL) kyphosis and spinal cord (SC) compression presents significant challenges due to compression location, the amount of deformity, and patient's medical status might not permit full correction of the deformity. In this series, we present a surgical approach that provides adequate decompression without the risks associated with a pedicle subtraction osteotomy/posterior vertebral column resection or an anterior corpectomy.