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Shinichi Nakano1, Takumi Yoneyama, Tetsuaki Sugimoto
1Department of Neurosurgery, Miyazaki Medical College, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, Japan. snakano@fc.miyazaki-med.ac.jp
Journal of Neurosurgery
|July 16, 2003
Abstract:
The authors devised a paramedian transmuscular approach to the C2-3 facet joint that enabled total removal of C-3 dumbbell-type neurofibroma; dissection of the paravertebral muscles from the spinous process was not required and the facet joint was preserved. Only splitting or retraction of the paravertebral muscles was necessary. The anatomical features and procedures involved in muscle splitting are described.