Brachial neuritis: An under-recognized cause of upper extremity paresis after cervical decompression surgery

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Park, Paul ^a,d   Lewandrowski, Kai Uwe ^b   Ramnath, Suresh ^a   Benzel, Edward C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial neuritis; C5 palsy; Cervical spine surgery; Complication

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL NEURITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINE SURGERY;

ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349051006     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181573d1d     Document Type: Article

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