Management of calcified thoracic disc herniation using ultrasonic bone curette SONO-PET®: technical description

J Neurosurg Sci. 2011 Sep;55(3):283-8.

Abstract

This paper describes the surgical management of a post-traumatic calcified thoracic disc herniation treated using ultrasonic bone curette SONO-PET®. The case described concerns a young man with a symptomatic calcified thoracic disc herniation, who underwent posterolateral approach and transversoarthropediculectomy. Patient underwent posterolateral approach with excellent postoperative results. Neurophysiological monitoring somato-sensory evoked potential (SSEP) and muscle motor evoked potentials (MMEP), inclination of 30° toward the unaffected side of the operating table, the use of Ultrasonic Bone-Curette SONO-PET® and proper reconstruction of the three floors of the back muscles allows the removal of the disc herniation safer and risk's free, and less invasive for the patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Technical Report

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcinosis / surgery*
  • Diskectomy, Percutaneous / instrumentation
  • Diskectomy, Percutaneous / methods*
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / diagnostic imaging
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / surgery*
  • Male
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative / methods
  • Radiography
  • Thoracic Vertebrae
  • Ultrasonic Therapy / instrumentation
  • Ultrasonic Therapy / methods*