Abstract
Background
Transdural disc herniation (TDH) is a rare event accounting for 0.3–1.5% of all disc herniation cases. Considering the risk of leakage of the cerebrospinal fluid from the dural defect after removal of TDH or incomplete removal, it is very important to recognize TDH before surgery. This study is a retrospective case analysis to analyze the imaging findings of seven cases and to construct a preoperative prediction model for TDH.
Methods
Retrospective radiographic examination was performed among patients operated for TDH in two institutions from 2008 to 2018. The radiographic images were analyzed according to the following eight signs: including absence of dural tent, complete block of spinal canal, hawk-beak sign, double-layered lesion, increased distance between the dura and cauda equina, rim enhancement, dural tent enhancement, and epidural gas. To clarify the predictive ability of these radiographic signs, consecutive 131 surgically confirmed epidural disc herniation (EDH) patients for the last 2 years were set as a control group for TDH. The sum of radiographic findings was compared between TDH and EDH patients to determine the cutoff value.
Results
There were 1 thoracic and 6 lumbar TDHs among 75 thoracic and 6674 lumbar disc herniation cases with an incidence of 1.33% and 0.09%, respectively. Dural tent (p = 0.000, odds ratio = 106.67), double-layered lesion (p = 0.000, odds ratio = 22.69), and distance between the dura and cauda equina (p = 0.007, odds ratio = 52.00) were statistically significantly different between TDH and EDH. According to the receiver operating characteristic curve, the cutoff value of 1.5 had 85.7% sensitivity and 90.8% specificity.
Conclusion
Preoperative imaging can be useful for TDH diagnosis. It is safe to consider the possibility of TDH in patients with more than two findings in the preoperative images.
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Kang, M.S., Park, J.Y., Kuh, S.U. et al. Preoperative radiographic clues for transdural disc herniation: could it be predictable?. Acta Neurochir 161, 2409–2414 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-019-04061-6
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