Mid- to Long-Term Outcomes After Resection of Thoracic Dumbbell Tumors Managed by Laminectomy and Unilateral Total Facetectomy Without Instrumented Fusion.
Yuya IshikawaMasayuki OhashiToru HiranoMichiharu MatsudaTakeru AkabaneHaruo KannoKo HashimotoKyoichi HandaToshimi AizawaTomoto SuzukiYukihide ShimamuraKei WatanabePublished in: Global spine journal (2021)
Unilateral total facetectomy without fusion to resect thoracic dumbbell tumors caused neither spinal deformity nor instability requiring additional surgery at the mid- to long-term follow-up.