Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways The thoracic spine is made up of 12 bones that attach to your ribs and support your rib cage.Excessive curvature in the thoracic spine, ...

A 68-year-old man with Parkinson's disease and impaired ambulation reported back pain without any traumatic episode. At presentation, he had a 10-year history of Parkinson's disease. With treatment ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Titanium rods and screws were placed in IndyCar driver Robert Wickens' spine during surgery Monday to stabilize a thoracic spinal fracture associated with a spinal cord injury sustained ...

Robert Wickens suffered a fractured thoracic spine in Sunday’s horrific crash at Pocono and underwent surgery for the injury Monday. IndyCar said the severity of Wickens’ spinal injury is ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Stefan Wilson will miss Sunday's Indianapolis 500 after suffering a fracture of his 12th thoracic vertebrae during Monday afternoon's practice crash with Katherine Legge in Turn 1 of ...

Correspondence to: A J Walsh Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Orthopaedic Surgery, 289 Sutton Park, Sutton, Dublin 13, Republic of Ireland; walshajweircom.net Fractures of the spinal column during rugby ...

The 12 vertebrae of the thoracic spine represent the central portion of the spinal column, the bony tower that provides postural support for standing and sitting and also houses the spinal cord. The ...