Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2020 Aug 22;49(286):267-270.

Surgical treatment of thoracic disc herniation

Affiliations
  • PMID: 32827423
Review

Surgical treatment of thoracic disc herniation

Joanna Baranowska et al. Pol Merkur Lekarski. .

Abstract

Symptomatic thoracic disc herniation is estimated on 1 person per million per year. 70% of all thoracic disc herniation cases are asymptomatic. This condition is often undiagnosed in regard to misguided clinical manifestations. Surgical treatment of symptomatic thoracic disc herniation is major challenge for spine surgeons because of the fact that thoracic spine has special anatomical conditions. Historically, posterior approach with laminectomy was treatment by choice, but this method was abandoned for some time, because of the high risk of postoperative complications. During last years we observe development of new approaches and advanced techniques e.g. microsurgical pedicle-sparing transfacet approach, costotransversectomy, extracavitary approach, minimal invasive thoracoscopic or endoscopic discectomy, but posterior approach is still broadly applied.

Keywords: costotransversectomy; laminectomy; minimal invasive discectomy; thoracic disc herniation.

PubMed Disclaimer

LinkOut - more resources