A Case of Successful Foraminotomy for Severe Bilateral C5 Palsy following Posterior Decompression and Fusion Surgery for Cervical Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

We report a very rare (5~7%) case of bilateral C5 palsy after cervical surgery. A 71-year-old male patient with cervical ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) with foraminal stenosis at bilateral C4/5 underwent posterior decompression and fusion surgery. After surgery, muscle weakne...

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Autores principales: Kudo, Yoshifumi, Toyone, Tomoaki, Shirahata, Toshiyuki, Ozawa, Tomoyuki, Matsuoka, Akira, Jin, Yoichi, Inagaki, Katsunori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27672463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1250810

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