Electrodiagnostic findings in postoperative C5 palsy after cervical laminectomy and fusion

Proximal upper extremity weakness is a poorly understood complication of cervical spine surgery. The cause of this complication is unknown, although most patients recover completely over weeks to months with conservative treatment. We present two cases of postoperative, transient clinical C5 palsy a...

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Main Authors: Alexander Tucker, Agnes Wallbom, Marissa Darling, David Nguyen, Richard Everson, Sergei Terterov, Anne Nastasi, Jean-Philippe Langevin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751917301330