Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus for
vertebral body replacement and methods associated therewith. In one
embodiment, a vertebral body replacement apparatus may be used to correct
and stabilize the spine (e.g., the thoracolumbar spine (T1-L5)). In
another embodiment, a vertebral body (e.g., a diseased and/or damaged
vertebral body) that has been resected or excised (e.g., for the
treatment of a tumor or trauma) may be replaced (with the height of the
resected or excised vertebral body being substantially replaced and
restored by the apparatus of the present invention).
