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Thoracic Disc Herniation and Myelopathy

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Thoracic disc herniation is a rare degenerative spine disease which only accounts for about 1% of surgically treated intervertebral disc pathologies [8].

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

    Bernhard Meyer & Sandro M. Krieg

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  2. Department of Spine Surgery, Sana Klinikum Offenbach, Offenbach, Germany

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Meyer, B., Krieg, S.M. (2019). Thoracic Disc Herniation and Myelopathy. In: Meyer, B., Rauschmann, M. (eds) Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98875-7_8

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