Early diagnosis and operative treatment of traumatic thoracic disc herniation
- VernacularTitle:外伤性胸椎间盘突出症的早期诊断与手术治疗
- Author:
Wenyuan DING
;
Hua LI
;
Yong SHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
traumatic;
thoracic vertebra;
intervertebral disk displacement;
early diagnosis;
surgical treatment
- From:
Orthopedic Journal of China
2006;0(24):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
[Objective]To study the clinical manifestation,early diagnosis and surgical outcomes of traumatic thoracic disc herniation.[Method]Eleven patients of traumatic thoracic disc herniation were selected from June 2000 to June 2005.There were 8 males and 3 females with an average age of 23.96 years old(ranged,15-38 years old).The average time from traumatism to diagnosis were 4.1 months(range,2 days to 8 months).After early clinical diagnosis,discectomy through posterolateral transpedicular approach were carried out for all 11 patients.[Result]All 11 patients were followed up for an average time of 2.6 years(range,1.1～3.8 years).According to Otani's classification criterion,the results were excellent in 7cases,good in 3 cases,fair in I cases,no poor case and failure case.The excellent and good results were obtained in 90.91% of the patients.[Conclusion]The incidence of traumatic thoracic disc herniation is rather low,and this disease has no representative symptom and sign.Early diagnosis and operative treatment is a very effective guarantee to curative effect for traumatic thoracic disc herniation.
