On the Pathogenesis of the Radiculopathy Complicating Multilevel Corpectomy
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 37 (3), 408-413
- https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-199509000-00006
Abstract
POSTOPERATIVE FIFTH CERVICAL radiculopathy has been described after cervical corpectomy. One explanation for this complication is thought to be the factor of traction on cervical roots caused by a shifting of the spinal cord consequent to decompression. This theory is supported by our experience with 176 patients undergoing corpectomies for whom a lesser width of decompression all but eliminated the complication.Keywords
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