Minimally Invasive Treatment of the Thoracic Spine Disease: Completely Percutaneous and Hybrid Approaches

Table 1

Details of the patients. In the table are recorded the levels affected and the levels instrumented by completely percutaneous or combined (open-percutaneous) approach.

Pt no.	Sex/age	Fracture	Tumor	OPCA	Completely percutaneous	Other sites fractures	Comorbidities	Head injury	Neurologic deficit
1	M/41	T4, 5, 6	—	—	T2, 3/T8, 9	Sternum	Lung contusion	—	—
2	F/59	T4, 5	—	—	T2, 3/T6/T9, 10	Ribs, spinous apophysis	Lung contusion	—	—
3	M/54	T5, 6, 7	—	—	T3, 4/T8/T10, 11	—	—	Y	—
4	M/71	T4, 5	—	C5, 6/T1, 2 open T6/T8, 9 percutaneous	—	Wrists, C6, C7, ribs, spinous processes	Lung contusion	Y	—
5	M/65	T4, 5	—	T2, 3 open T6/T9, 10 percutaneous	—	Ribs	Pneumothorax	—	—
6	F/63	T4, 5	—	T2, 3 open T6/T8, 9 percutaneous	—	—	—	—	—
7	F/52	T5, 7	—	T3, 4 open T6/T8, 9 percutaneous	—	—	—	—	—
8	F/71	—	T4 myeloma	T1, 2/T5 open T9, 10 percutaneous	—	—	—	—	Y
9	F/65	—	T2, 3, 4 metastasis of breast cancer	C6, 7, T1 open T6/T8, 9 percutaneous	—	—	—	—	Y
10	F/57	—	T6, 7 metastasis of breast cancer	—	T4, 5/T11, 12	—	—	—	—

OPCA: open-percutaneous combined approach.