Thoracic disc herniation

Most of the patients were middle-aged people around 40 years old, with a similar male to female ratio. According to the literature, 75% of cases of thoracic disc herniation occur in the thorax. Many people have thoracic disc herniation but no clinical manifestations. This is mainly because the sagittal diameter of the thoracic spinal canal of these patients is so large that the prominent nucleus pulposus tissue is not enough to compress the spinal cord.

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