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. 2022 Dec 29;12:22553. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-27082-1

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Exemplary case 2: thoracic corpectomy and vertebral body replacement with a carbon fiber-reinforced PEEK implant for metastatic disease. (A) Transpleural minithoracotomy approach for vertebral body resection; (B) Vizualization of vertebral body replacement; (C) Providing different angles of view in the depth enables adequate preparation and hemostasis; (D) Watertight closure of pleural cavity after chest tube placement