Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has recently been developed as an alternative to thoracotomy for anterior spinal surgery. We report a case in which an extrapleural dissection was combined with VATS to further improve this approach

Fishman, Steven J

Hresko, M. Timothy

Islam, Saleem

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Extrapleural thoracoscopic anterior spinal fusion: A modified video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery approach to the pediatric spine

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