title: First thoracic disc herniation with myelopathy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D014054:Tomography