Neurological complications of cervical spine surgery: C5 palsy and intraoperative monitoring

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Currier, Bradford L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

c5 nerve root; c5 palsy; cervical spine surgery; intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring; Neurological complications; paralysis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROMONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERFUSION PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL PARALYSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WARMING;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 84857918899     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182417276     Document Type: Review

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