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Mid-Cervical Kyphosis Surgery Complication

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Degenerative cervical kyphosis is a progressive disease that can result in neck pain, myeloradiculopathy, and loss of horizontal gaze. In significantly symptomatic cases, surgical intervention consisting of either anterior, posterior, or circumferential decompression and fusion has shown to improve symptoms. In this chapter, a case of mid-cervical degenerative kyphosis treated with corpectomy and posterior fusion surgery is presented. This case was complicated by postoperative delayed C5 palsy. The etiology, presentation, treatment, and outcomes of C5 palsies will be discussed.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, 3470 Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Dan Harwell

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Frank La Marca

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  1. Joan O’Reilly Endowed Professor in Spinal Surgery, Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

    Praveen V. Mummaneni

  2. Professor, Director of Spinal Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Paul Park

  3. University of Louisville, Norton Leatherman Spine Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

    Charles H. Crawford III

  4. Chief, Division of Spine Surgery, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Adam S. Kanter

  5. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Louisville, Norton Leatherman Spine Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

    Steven D. Glassman

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Harwell, D., La Marca, F. (2018). Mid-Cervical Kyphosis Surgery Complication. In: Mummaneni, P., Park, P., Crawford III, C., Kanter, A., Glassman, S. (eds) Spinal Deformity . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60083-3_4

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