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Ventral Spinal Cord Displacement After Single-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy: A Case Report

Bharat R Dave1, Saurabh S Kulkarni1, Ajay Krishnan2,3

  • 1Spine Surgery, Stavya Spine Hospital and Research Institute, Ahmedabad, IND.

Cureus
|May 25, 2026
PubMed
Summary

This case study describes a patient with spinal tuberculosis who experienced reversible spinal cord displacement after surgery. Early identification and conservative management led to clinical stabilization and improved imaging, highlighting a distinct entity from true spinal cord herniation.

Keywords:
cervicalcorpectomypostoperative complicationspinal cord herniationventral

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