**Author details**

Edna E. Gouveia<sup>1</sup> , Mansour Mathkour1,2, Erin McCormack1,2, Jonathan Riffle1,2, Olawale A. Sulaiman1,2 and Daniel J. Denis1,2\*

1 Department of Neurosurgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA

2 Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: danieldenisjr@gmail.com

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*Minimally Invasive Lateral Approach for Anterior Spinal Cord Decompression in Thoracic… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97669*

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