spondylectomy

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English

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Etymology

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From spondyl- +‎ -ectomy.

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Noun

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spondylectomy (plural spondylectomies)

  1. (surgery) removal of all parts of one or more vertebrae above the sacrum
    • 2015 July 1, Jung-Hoon Kim et al., “A biomechanical comparison of 360° stabilizations for corpectomy and total spondylectomy: a cadaveric study in the thoracolumbar spine”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research[1], volume 10, →DOI:
      A classic corpectomy, which leaves the posterior column intact, is no better in terms of stability/stiffness than a total spondylectomy, when the total spondylectomy is carried out using a shorter cage followed by compression using posterior instrumentation.