Two cases of quadriparesis following anterior cervical discectomy, with normal perioperative somatosensory evoked potentials

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-276

  Jones, S J ^a   Buonamassa, S ^a   Crockard, H A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MONITORING; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINE SURGERY; ULNAR NERVE;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0037308928     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.2.273     Document Type: Article

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