title: Management of calcified thoracic disc herniation using ultrasonic bone curette SONO-PET®: technical description.
abstract: This paper describes the surgical management of a post-traumatic calcified thoracic disc herniation treated using ultrasonic bone curette SONO-PET®. The case described concerns a young man with a symptomatic calcified thoracic disc herniation, who underwent posterolateral approach and transversoarthropediculectomy. Patient underwent posterolateral approach with excellent postoperative results. Neurophysiological monitoring somato-sensory evoked potential (SSEP) and muscle motor evoked potentials (MMEP), inclination of 30° toward the unaffected side of the operating table, the use of Ultrasonic Bone-Curette SONO-PET® and proper reconstruction of the three floors of the back muscles allows the removal of the disc herniation safer and risk's free, and less invasive for the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. Link55@libero.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Landi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marotta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mancarella
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Dugoni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delfini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017587:Diskectomy, Percutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*