Abstract
Previous chapters have described the technique, indications, and clinical outcomes associated with a multilevel oblique corpectomy (MOC) for the treatment of multisegmental spondylotic myelopathy and radiculopathy. Like other approaches for the same conditions, this approach can provide adequate decompression of neural structures and is associated with demonstrated clinical improvement. Unlike other approaches, however, it has been asserted that the spine is stable enough, biomechanically, after an MOC to obviate the need for spinal fusion. This chapter is intended to address considerations about the biomechanics of MOC, including the need for fusion.
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Lázaro, B.C.R., Crawford, N., Sonntag, V.K.H. (2011). Oblique corpectomy biomechanics. In: Pathology and surgery around the vertebral artery. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-287-89787-0_19
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