Bilateral vocal cord paralysis after anterior cervical discoidectomy and fusion in a case of whiplash cervical spine injury: A case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 586-588

  Muzumdar, D P ^a   Deopujari, C E ^a   Bhojraj, S Y ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discoidectomy; Anterior cervical fusion; Cervical spine trauma; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0034209898     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00245-7     Document Type: Article

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