title: Combined Anterior Approach with Transcorporeal Herniotomy for a Huge Migrated Cervical Disc Herniation.
abstract: The report describes the herniation of a huge migrated cervical disc, which was treated by a combined anterior approach. A 50-year-old man presented with radiculopathy and myelopathy. Radiological images revealed the herniation of a huge disc which had migrated superiorly from the C6-7 disc to the C5-6 disc. We tried to combine an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and transcorporeal herniotomy to avoid corpectomy. Postoperatively, successful clinical and radiological results were obtained. It is therefore possible to remove a huge migrated herniated cervical disc completely by a combined ACDF and trancorporeal approach without corpectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Daegu Wooridul Spine Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung-Chul
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Daegu Wooridul Spine Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Choon Dae
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Cervical disc herniation; Epidural; Migration