A Technical Report on Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy in Thoracic Spinal Surgery|Preliminary Description

Abstract

Given consistently improving surgical skills, a number of thoracic spinal procedures using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, including thoracic discectomy, internal rib thoracoplasty, anterior osteotomy, corpectomy, and fusion, can be performed safely with no additional surgical time or risk to the patient.