Total Resection of Complex Dorsal Spinal Cord Lipoma and Reconstruction of the Neural Placode

Step 1: Wide Bony Exposure

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The extent of lamiectomy should include at least 1 cm above the rostral end of the lipoma, and 1 cm past its caudal pole. Wide resection of the lateral elements up to the pedicles of each level is important for lateral exposure of the lipoma-dura attachment.

Keywords

  • Wide bony exposure
  • laminectomy
  • duraL opening
  • lateral extension

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About this video

Author(s)
Dachling Pang
First online
29 September 2021
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81267-6_5
Online ISBN
978-3-030-81267-6
Publisher
Springer, Cham
Copyright information
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021