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Adikarige Hd Silva1, Matthew Bishop1, Hari Krovvidi2
1a Department of Neurological Surgery , Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Birmingham , Birmingham , UK.
British Journal of Neurosurgery
|April 20, 2017
Abstract:
Tapia syndrome, a rare complication of posterior cervical surgery, characterised by concurrent paralyses of recurrent laryngeal branch of vagus and hypoglossal cranial nerves, occurred in a patient after posterior cervical foraminotomies for radiculopathy. We discuss hypothesised pathophysiology, and diagnostic, therapeutic and avoidance strategies in relevance to prone neurosurgical procedures.

