The incidence of C5 palsy after multilevel cervical decompression procedures: A review of 750 consecutive cases

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 174-178

  Nassr, Ahmad ^a   Eck, Jason C ^b   Ponnappan, Ravi K ^c   Zanoun, Rami R ^d   Donaldson III, William F ^d   Kang, James D ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C5 nerve palsy; cervical spine; complications; decompression; myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUTOGRAFT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE DECOMPRESSION; CORPECTOMY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856732559     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318219cfe9     Document Type: Review

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