Balaji Pai S Author
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Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, India
Balaji Pai S, belonging to the Department of Neurosurgery, interested in the field of Neurosurgery, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, India
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Author(s): Balaji Pai S, Srihari BG and Elvis Rodrigues
Transclavicular Transmanubrial Approach to the Cervico- Thoracic Junction
The cervicothoracic junction (CTJ) is a difficult region to approach for the spinal surgeon due to the critical structures surrounding this area. Although the traditional posterior approaches are easier and instrumentation possible, decompression of anterior pathologies and subsequent stabilization is suboptimal by this route. Anterior approaches are narrow and deep and between the critical structures. We describe the transclavicular <... view moreĀ»