Open AccessCervicothoracic junction disc herniation: Our experience, technical remarks, and outcome
Author(s) -
Keyvan Mostofi,
Morad Peyravi,
Babak Gharaei Moghadam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_102_19
Subject(s) - medicine , disc herniation , weakness , surgery , complication , sensation , neck pain , cervical vertebrae , lumbar , alternative medicine , pathology , neuroscience , biology
C7-D1 disc herniation is rare in comparison with other cervical levels. The incidence rates are between 3.5% and 8%. The cervicothoracic junction disc herniation can be operated posteriorly or anteriorly. The anterior approach can be challenging because of the difficulty of access resulted from the manubrium. In this article, we present our experience about cervicothoracic junction disc herniation (C7-T1) surgery.