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Two Single-Level Nonadjacent Corpectomies With Expandable Vertebral Body Replacements for Spinal Metastasis

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Case: The case describes a 59-year-old male patient who suffered from a solitary metastasis of unknown origin in the L1 vertebra. Owing to the instability, a corpectomy and posterior fixation… Click to show full abstract

Case: The case describes a 59-year-old male patient who suffered from a solitary metastasis of unknown origin in the L1 vertebra. Owing to the instability, a corpectomy and posterior fixation with the expandable cage implantation was performed. However, the disease progressed, which required additional nonadjacent corpectomy and cranial elongation of the construct with implantation of the additional expandable cage at the level Th11. Conclusion: In such complex pathology, two single-level nonadjacent corpectomies and expandable cage implantations present a surgical solution that may provide a satisfactory outcome.

Keywords: corpectomies expandable; two single; level nonadjacent; level; nonadjacent corpectomies; single level

Journal Title: JBJS Case Connector
Year Published: 2022

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