Ed...
I think cervical corpectomies are more common than thoracic or lumbar corpectomies, but all types definitely exist. I don't think that the removal of endplates (which is a fairly common procedure in anterior fusions), without the removal of part of the vertebral body would ever be considered a partial corpectomy, but I'll check on it.
--Linda
I think cervical corpectomies are more common than thoracic or lumbar corpectomies, but all types definitely exist. I don't think that the removal of endplates (which is a fairly common procedure in anterior fusions), without the removal of part of the vertebral body would ever be considered a partial corpectomy, but I'll check on it.
--Linda
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