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The authors outline the possible approaches to vertebromedullary tumours of the thoraco-lumbar spine using unilateral or bilateral transverso-arthro-pediculectomy and corporectomy. In a personal series of 20 cases. The technique and indications are described and the results.
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Lesoin, F., Rousseaux, M., Lozes, G. et al. Posterolateral approach to tumours of the dorsolumbar spine. Acta neurochir 81, 40–44 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01456263
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