K Sato1, K Nagata, J S Park. 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
Abstract
STUDY DESIGN: Case report. OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of pediatric calcified intervertebral disc herniations at the cervical-thoracic junction surgically treated with laminoplasty. METHODS: A 13-year-old girl with calcified intervertebral disc herniations at C7/Th1 and Th1/2 causing myelopathy was performed with laminoplasty . RESULTS: Postoperative course was without complication, and the neurologic examination returned to a completely normal state at 5 years to date after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Laminoplasty produced an excellent result and is a consideration for treatment of similar cases of calcified intervertebral disc herniation. Spinal Cord (2005) 43, 680-683. doi:10.1038/sj.sc.3101755; published online 14 June 2005.
STUDY DESIGN: Case report. OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of pediatric calcified intervertebral disc herniations at the cervical-thoracic junction surgically treated with laminoplasty. METHODS: A 13-year-old girl with calcified intervertebral disc herniations at C7/Th1 and Th1/2 causing myelopathy was performed with laminoplasty . RESULTS: Postoperative course was without complication, and the neurologic examination returned to a completely normal state at 5 years to date after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Laminoplasty produced an excellent result and is a consideration for treatment of similar cases of calcified intervertebral disc herniation. Spinal Cord (2005) 43, 680-683. doi:10.1038/sj.sc.3101755; published online 14 June 2005.