A New High-Speed Shielded Curved Device Allowing Safe Posterior Thoracic Discectomy Through a Modified Transforaminal Thoracic Interbody Fusion Approach: Technique Description and Case Series

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Figure 1
The DReal (lower left) and expanded view of the distal tip (upper right).
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Figure 2
(a) Safety feature of the protective shield. (b–d) Navigating inside the disc space.
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Figure 3
Intraoperative fluoroscopic image of the DReal inside the disc space.
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Figure 4
Left: The device outside the disc space; the drill side is marked with a white arrow. Right: The device in the disc space underneath the cord. The curved region is marked with a green arrow in both pictures.
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Figure 5
Preoperative (left) and postoperative (right) magnetic resonance imaging scans of patient no. 8, experiencing disc herniation at D10 to D11.