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On the pathogenesis of the radiculopathy complicating multilevel corpectomy
1Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Section of Neurosurgery, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Neurosurgery
|September 1, 1995
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.