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Traditional surgical approaches include thoracotomy, costotransversectomy or posterior approaches with considerable morbidity. In this technical note with case series, we describe a minimally invasive tubular retractor\u2013assisted retropleural approach for simple and less invasive microsurgical exploration of thoracic disc herniations from a lateral angle.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Surgical technique consisted of partial rib resection and retropleural dissection followed by the placement of a tubular retractor (METRx Tubes, Medtronic) for an anterior-lateral exposure of the disc and neuroforamen. Epidemiological, clinical and surgical patient data were acquired.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Between 2017 and 2020, six patients were surgically treated using the minimally invasive tubular retractor\u2013assisted retropleural approach. Microsurgical exposure of the disc and neural structures was achieved from a lateral direction without requiring thoracotomy or lung deflation. Control imaging confirmed resection in all cases without relevant residuum. As postoperative complications, one dural injury and one postoperative pneumothorax occured. No neurologic deterioration or recurrence occurred during a median follow-up of 3\u00a0months.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The described tubular retractor\u2013assisted retropleural exposure serves as a feasible minimally invasive microsurgical approach to the anterior-lateral thoracic spine.\n<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00701-022-05470-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,18]],"date-time":"2023-01-18T10:02:36Z","timestamp":1674036156000},"page":"771-777","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["A minimally invasive tubular retractor\u2013assisted retropleural approach for thoracic disc herniations \u2014 case series and technical note"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"165","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2653-5818","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vanessa","family":"Hubertus","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Selhausen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Franziska","family":"Meinert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Frerk","family":"Meyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Julia S.","family":"Onken","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ulf C.","family":"Schneider","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nils","family":"Hecht","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marcus","family":"Czabanka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Vajkoczy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Johannes","family":"Woitzik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"5470_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3171\/FOC.2001.10.1.9","author":"P Angevin","year":"2001","unstructured":"Angevin P, McCormick P (2001) Retropleural thoracotomy. 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