Full-endoscopic resection of a thoracic facet joint osteoblastoma: A case report
Mohammad Badra, Hafez Saade, Fouad Assaf, Ramzi Moucharafieh, Youssef Jamaleddine · 2026
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Description
Mohammad Badra and co-authors report one case from 2026 in which a benign bone tumor in the chest spine was removed by keyhole surgery. The tumor type is benign but sore, and it rarely sits in a chest facet joint. Wide open surgery there can harm soft tissue and shake spine steadiness, so a full keyhole route through a tiny cut was tried instead.
A 26 year old woman had two years of upper back pain that spread to her front chest wall. Scans showed a small hollow spot at one chest facet joint with no spread to the cord space. Keyhole tools ground the lump away to healthy bleeding bone through a cut about a finger width wide. She felt relief at once, walked the same day, and left hospital the next day pain free.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mohammad Badra, Hafez Saade, Fouad Assaf, Ramzi Moucharafieh, Youssef Jamaleddine |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21074 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |