Full Endoscopic Surgery for Thoracic Pathology: Next Step after Mastering Lumbar and Cervical Endoscopic Spine Surgery?

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Case presentation of a 49-year-old female, presented with thoracic back pain and gait disturbance for a 3-year duration. Preoperative sagittal (a) and axial (b and d) MRI and CT scan (c and e) showing calcified disc herniation compressing the spinal cord at the T7-8 and T8-9 levels. Transforaminal endoscopic discectomy under local anesthesia was done using a high-speed articulating burr to drill bone spur (g). Postoperative sagittal (f) and axial (h and i) MRI shows full decompression and the patient’s pain and myelopathy were improved.

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