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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.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7501103 DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199509000-00006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosurgery ISSN: 0148-396X Impact factor: 4.654