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ArticleOrthopaedic surgery2021

Per Pedicel-Ligament Flavum Tunnel Outside-In Foraminoplasty for T

Wei Lin, Wei Liu, Wen-Ting Ma, Yuan Xue

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Article in Orthopaedic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Full-endoscopic discectomy for thoracic disc herniations: a single-arm meta-analysis of safety and efficacy outcomes.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei Lin *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3652-133X
Wei Liu *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Wen-Ting Ma *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Yuan XueDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-8146
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81871124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe the effectiveness of T

methodsThis retrospective study from September 2017 to June 2019 comprised 10 patients (mean age was 64.7 years, with 7 men and 3 women) with symptomatic thoracic disc herniation. Patients who had 12 months of follow-up and no cervical and lumbar spine surgery or trauma during the follow up period were included in the study. Patients underwent surgery at different levels: 3 patients for T

resultsThe patient was usually able to stand and walk approximately 2 h after the surgery. During the 12-month follow-up, all patients showed a significant improvement in pain. Postoperative thoracic MRI examination of all patients showed full decompression of the spinal cord and no residual pressure. Postoperative back pain and nerve root pain were significantly alleviated in all patients, and spinal cord function was significantly restored. The mean visual analog scale scores of patients postoperation were significantly better than those of patients preoperation (6.10 ± 1.37 vs 1.80 ± 0.79, P < 0.05). The mean ODI scores of patients postoperation were better than those of patients preoperation (13% ± 2.36% vs 55% ± 9.20%, P < 0.05). The mean JOA scores increased from 3.2 ± 0.75 to 9.3 ± 0.64. The JOA improvement rate was 79.6% ± 5.1%. There was 1 patient who had transient intercostal neuralgia.

conclusionFollowing pedicel-ligament flavum tunnel outside-in foraminoplasty protocols, T

Indexed as

AgedDisability EvaluationDiskectomy, PercutaneousEndoscopyFemaleHumansIntervertebral Disc DisplacementLigamentum FlavumMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementRetrospective StudiesSpinal CanalThoracic VertebraeDisc herniationForaminoplastyPedicel-ligament flavum tunnelThoracic transforaminal percutaneous endoscopy

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PMID33410235
PMCPMC7862147
OpenAlexW3119943447

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