Thoracic Spine
A 52-year-old woman presents with progressive difficulty walking over 6 months. She describes band-like chest tightness and numbness in both legs. Examination reveals increased tone in both lower limbs, hyperreflexia with ankle clonus, upgoing plantars bilaterally, and a sensory level at T8. MRI shows a large central T7-8 disc herniation causing significant cord compression. Regarding thoracic disc herniation:
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Thoracic disc herniations are rare (less than 1% of all disc herniations) but can cause significant ...
The thoracic spinal cord is particularly vulnerable to compression because the thoracic canal is nar...
Thoracic disc herniations are common (20% of all disc herniations); they occur most frequently in th...
Posterior laminectomy alone is contraindicated for central thoracic disc herniation because it requi...
Surgical outcomes are variable; myelopathic patients may stabilize or improve, but complete recovery...
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