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A surgical approach to the upper thoracic spine is described in which dissection from the cervical region is extended caudally to develop an interval between the trachea and esophagus medially and the innominate vessels inferolaterally. The upper four thoracic vertebral bodies and their intervening discs can be thus exposed.
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