Motor palsy after posterior cervical foraminotomy: Anatomical consideration

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 405.e1-405.e4

  Choi, Kyung Chul ^a   Ahn, Yong ^a   Kang, Byung Uk ^a   Ahn, Sung Tae ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C5 motor palsy; Posterior cervical foraminotomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM PAIN; CASE REPORT; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR PALSY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PARESTHESIA; POSTERIOR CERVICAL FORAMINOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 84875888219     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.03.043     Document Type: Review

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