Thoracoscopic approaches for treating various spinal diseases
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Thoracoscopic surgical approaches for treating various thoracic spinal region diseases.
AIM Minimally invasive surgery is currently a goal for surgical intervention in the spine. The effectiveness of endoscopic thoracic spine surgery and technological improvements are two factors that are always under consideration in the practice of spinal surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS We present twenty-five patients whose thoracoscopic spinal surgeries were performed between 2002 and 2008 for ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Neurosurgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1019-5149
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.jtn.2980-10.1