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Conversion Paralysis After Cervical Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review
We report a case of conversion paralysis triggered by cervical surgery that was caused by cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). A 67-year-old man underwent anterior cervical corpectomy decompression and fusion for CSM. Upon awakening from the anesthesia, he had incomplete paraplegia. Emergency surg...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8892200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35252333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.814498 |
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author | Fang, Miao Zhou, Jiaojiao Zeng, Yong Huang, Shishu Song, Yueming |
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description | We report a case of conversion paralysis triggered by cervical surgery that was caused by cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). A 67-year-old man underwent anterior cervical corpectomy decompression and fusion for CSM. Upon awakening from the anesthesia, he had incomplete paraplegia. Emergency surgery for hematoma evacuation was performed, but no obvious hematoma was found. After the second surgical procedure, he showed paraplegic. When the patient was informed that a third operation was needed, he recovered almost completely without any treatment. This case reminds us that spine surgeons should be aware of possible conversion paralysis, especially in patients who develop a new neurological deficit after spinal surgery. |
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spelling | pubmed-88922002022-03-04 Conversion Paralysis After Cervical Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review Fang, Miao Zhou, Jiaojiao Zeng, Yong Huang, Shishu Song, Yueming Front Surg Surgery We report a case of conversion paralysis triggered by cervical surgery that was caused by cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). A 67-year-old man underwent anterior cervical corpectomy decompression and fusion for CSM. Upon awakening from the anesthesia, he had incomplete paraplegia. Emergency surgery for hematoma evacuation was performed, but no obvious hematoma was found. After the second surgical procedure, he showed paraplegic. When the patient was informed that a third operation was needed, he recovered almost completely without any treatment. This case reminds us that spine surgeons should be aware of possible conversion paralysis, especially in patients who develop a new neurological deficit after spinal surgery. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8892200/ /pubmed/35252333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.814498 Text en Copyright © 2022 Fang, Zhou, Zeng, Huang and Song. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Surgery Fang, Miao Zhou, Jiaojiao Zeng, Yong Huang, Shishu Song, Yueming Conversion Paralysis After Cervical Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title | Conversion Paralysis After Cervical Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_full | Conversion Paralysis After Cervical Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_fullStr | Conversion Paralysis After Cervical Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Conversion Paralysis After Cervical Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_short | Conversion Paralysis After Cervical Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review |
title_sort | conversion paralysis after cervical surgery: a case report and literature review |
topic | Surgery |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8892200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35252333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.814498 |
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