A surgical approach through the pedicle to protruded thoracic discs.
Three cases of thoracic disc herniation presenting with signs of spinal cord compression are reported. The patients were operated on by an approach through a midline incision in which a pedicle is removed. Two patients were cured and one has improved.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery