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Transthoracic lateral retropleural minimally invasive microdiscectomy for T9-T10 disc herniation

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Conflict of interest

The Authors have received honorarium as consultant for surgeon’s education activities from Nuvasive, Zimmer Spine, Medtronic, Depuy Synthes, K2 M and their departments have received research grants from Nuvasive.

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  1. IVth Spine Surgery Division, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy

    Pedro Berjano, Marco Damilano & Matteo Pejrona

  2. Division of Neurosurgery, San Giovanni Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Diego Garbossa

  3. IInd Spine Surgery Division, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy

    Roberto Bassani

  4. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

    Carlo Doria

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Berjano, P., Garbossa, D., Damilano, M. et al. Transthoracic lateral retropleural minimally invasive microdiscectomy for T9-T10 disc herniation. Eur Spine J 23, 1376–1378 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-014-3369-9

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