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Multiple thoracic disc herniation is a rare disease. There are only 12 cases reported in the literature. They were treated surgically. Two cases of multiple thoracic disc herniations subjected to laminectomy without discectomy are presented in this report.
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Peker, S., Akkurt, C. & Ozcan, O.E. Multiple thoracic disc herniations. Acta neurochir 107, 167–170 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01405797
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