Posterolateral discectomy and interbody fusion in the treatment of ...
Biomedical Research 2017; 28 (12): 5338-5343
ISSN 0970-938X
Posterolateral discectomy and interbody fusion in the treatment of thoracic
disc herniation.
Jian Zhang#, Wei-Dong Liang#, Wei-Bin Sheng*, Hai-Long Guo, Qiang Deng
Department of Spine Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, PR China
#These
authors contributed equally to this work
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the surgical safety and efficacy of the Posterolateral Interlaminar
Approach (PIA) for treating Thoracic Disc Herniation (TDH). A total of 24 TDH cases were treated via
PIA between January 2006 and August 2014. Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) scoring, Otani
grading, and the Bridwell criteria were used to evaluate treatment efficacy. Twenty-four patients were
followed up for between 6 months and 3.5 y, and were reviewed in the clinic at 3, 6, and 12 months after
surgery. The preoperative JOA score was 4.4 ¡À 2.4 points, while postoperatively that at 3 months was 8.7
¡À 2.3 points, and at the last follow-up was 9.0 ¡À 2.3 points. The comparisons over time were statistically
significant (P ................
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