Eds L G F Giles, K P Singer. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000. ISBN 7506-4789-2. Understanding thoracic spine pain is complex and demands the sharing of ideas and knowledge to improve the ...

Middle back pain affects the thoracic spine—the part of the spine that supports the rib cage in the middle and upper back. Compared to lower back (lumbar spine) and neck (cervical spine ...

He sustained severe injuries to the thoracic spinal cord, with a knife lodged in the spine, said the doctor. "Emergency surgery was performed to remove the knife and repair the leaking spinal fluid.