Introduction:Surgical treatment of diseases in cervicothoracic, thoracic and thoracolumbar regions can be a challenging issue. Cooperation of the thoracic surgeons and spine surgeons can improve the outcomes and decrease the complications of patients who underwent these approaches.Materials & Methods: The participants of this study consisted of seventeenpatients suffering from different types o...

Many approaches for mediastinal tumor resection have been reported. Superior mediastinal tumors that involve the thoracic inlet and adjacent structures pose problems to thoracic surgeons. The cervicothoracic junction is difficult to access because of the crowded anatomy of this region. No single approach provides the best access to all of the tumors in this region. We introduce the cervical-tho...

The cervicothoracic junction (CTJ) is defined as the area extending from vertebral segments C7 to T4. Because most pathological processes occur in the anterior segment of the vertebrae, the anterior approach is usually the best surgical option, allowing neural decompression, stabilization and restoration of anatomical spinal alignment. Nevertheless, it represents a big challenge for the spinal ...

Background Previous studies on the correlation between cervical sagittal balance with improvement in quality of life showed significant results only for parameters of the anterior translation of the cervical spine (such as C2-C7 SVA). Objective We test whether a new parameter, cervicothoracic lordosis, can predict clinical success in this type of surgery. Methods The focused group involved ...

BACKGROUND The cervicothoracic junction (CTJ) is often inadequately visualized on lateral cervical X-rays due to anatomic variations and technical factors. AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate whether the swimmer's view and arm traction could enhance the image field on the standard lateral cervical (SLC) X-ray. METHODS The study was conducted in a university hospital in October 200...

Synovial cysts are recognized as an uncommon cause of radicular and myelopathic symptoms. They are most frequently found in the lumbar region. The cervical spine or cervicothoracic junction is a rare location for a degenerative intraspinal synovial cyst as compared with the lumbar spine. At given cervical spinal levels, synovial cysts probably share clinical features with disc herniation and st...

This study investigated the relationship between the active cervical range of motion (ROM) and changes in the head and neck posture after continuous visual display terminal (VDT) work. Twenty VDT workers were recruited from laboratories. The active cervical ROM of the participants was measured and videotaped to capture the craniocervical and cervicothoracic angles using a single video camera be...