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• Spinal stenosis

• No improvement after nonoperative therapy (physical therapy, pain management)

• Partial paraplegia

• Residual spinal compression (see ▶Fig. 2.1)

• Existence of blunt chest trauma or potential hemorrhagic lesions

• Unstable patterns of fracture

• Sufficient disruption of supporting ligaments

Fig. 2.1 A patient with thoracic trauma and cord compression received decompression of the intercostal nerves (T5–T8). After decompression was achieved, the nerves were transected in preparation for nerve looping. (Source: Patient 12. In: Mackinnon S, ed. Nerve Surgery. 1st ed. Thieme; 2015).