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Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy for Large, Two Level Calcified, Thoracic Disc Herniations With 5-Year Follow-up
Neurospine. 2020;17(4):954-959.   Published online December 31, 2020
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Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy for Large, Two Level Calcified, Thoracic Disc Herniations With 5-Year Follow-up
Neurospine. 2020;17(4):954-959.   Published online December 31, 2020
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To describe technical details and benefits of transforaminal endoscopic discectomy for treatment of patients with large, dorsomedial, calcified thoracic disc herniations at 2 levels and to report on their clinical outcomes in long follow-up period of 5 years using 4 different outcome tools. We present 2 patients with large, calcified disc herniations at 2 levels in mid and lower thoracic spine treated endoscopically in local anesthesia. Clinical outcomes were analyzed using verbal numeric scale (VNS), Roland-Morris low back pain and disability questionnaire (RMQ), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and modified MacNab criteria at 6-, 12-, 24-, 60-month follow-up. After transforaminal endoscopic discectomy, both patients had significant postoperative reduction of back pain using VNS and significant outcome improvement using ODI, RMQ score, and modified MacNab criteria. These results did not change during all 4 follow-up periods. Transforaminal percutaneous full-endoscopic discectomy and hand reamers foraminotomy in local anesthesia is feasible and effective surgical technique for patients with large, calcified thoracic disc herniations at 2 levels even in long follow-up period of 5 years using 4 different outcome measuring tools. All 3 outcome measuring tools correlated well with pain reduction using VNS.

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