First thoracic disc herniation with myelopathy

✍ Scribed by S. Nakahara; T. Sato

• Book ID: 104712730
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 735 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0940-6719
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00300300

✦ Synopsis

The case of a patient with progressive paraparesis due to first thoracic disc herniation is reported. He was treated successfully with anterior interbody fusion by the Smith-Robinson approach. An anterior approach is desirable for surgical treatment of T1/2 disc herniation, and up to this level the Smith-Robinson approach, without thoracotomy, is entirely possible.