Thoracic cord compression caused by disk herniation in Scheuermann’s disease: A case report and review of the literature

We present the case of a 14-year-old male with Scheuermann’s disease and significant neurological deficit due to thoracic disk herniation at the apex of kyphosis. He was treated with an anterior decompression, anterior and posterior fusion in the same setting using plate, cage and a segmental instru...

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Autores principales: Kapetanos, George A., Hantzidis, Paraskevas T., Anagnostidis, Kleovoulos S., Kirkos, John M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2006
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1602190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16421745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-005-0053-0
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author Kapetanos, George A.
Hantzidis, Paraskevas T.
Anagnostidis, Kleovoulos S.
Kirkos, John M.
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description We present the case of a 14-year-old male with Scheuermann’s disease and significant neurological deficit due to thoracic disk herniation at the apex of kyphosis. He was treated with an anterior decompression, anterior and posterior fusion in the same setting using plate, cage and a segmental instrumentation system. The patient had an excellent outcome with complete neurological recovery.
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spelling pubmed-16021902008-08-28 Thoracic cord compression caused by disk herniation in Scheuermann’s disease: A case report and review of the literature Kapetanos, George A. Hantzidis, Paraskevas T. Anagnostidis, Kleovoulos S. Kirkos, John M. Eur Spine J Case Report We present the case of a 14-year-old male with Scheuermann’s disease and significant neurological deficit due to thoracic disk herniation at the apex of kyphosis. He was treated with an anterior decompression, anterior and posterior fusion in the same setting using plate, cage and a segmental instrumentation system. The patient had an excellent outcome with complete neurological recovery. Springer-Verlag 2006-01-19 2006-10 /pmc/articles/PMC1602190/ /pubmed/16421745 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-005-0053-0 Text en © Springer-Verlag 2006
spellingShingle Case Report
Kapetanos, George A.
Hantzidis, Paraskevas T.
Anagnostidis, Kleovoulos S.
Kirkos, John M.
Thoracic cord compression caused by disk herniation in Scheuermann’s disease: A case report and review of the literature
title Thoracic cord compression caused by disk herniation in Scheuermann’s disease: A case report and review of the literature
title_full Thoracic cord compression caused by disk herniation in Scheuermann’s disease: A case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Thoracic cord compression caused by disk herniation in Scheuermann’s disease: A case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Thoracic cord compression caused by disk herniation in Scheuermann’s disease: A case report and review of the literature
title_short Thoracic cord compression caused by disk herniation in Scheuermann’s disease: A case report and review of the literature
title_sort thoracic cord compression caused by disk herniation in scheuermann’s disease: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1602190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16421745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-005-0053-0
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