Brachial Neuritis

Park, Paul; Lewandrowski, Kai‐Uwe; Ramnath, Suresh; Benzel, Edward C.

doi:10.1097/brs.0b013e3181573d1d

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“…6 This syndrome occurs due decreased physical resistance due to illness, trauma, pregnancy, or surgery. Park et al 7 reported on 2 patients who underwent anterior cervical surgery who developed shoulder pain and proximal upper extremity weakness 5 to 6 days after surgery, as opposed to immediately after surgery as is generally the case with C5 palsy. Useful adjuncts for the diagnosis of brachial neuritis include an EMG/nerve conduction velocity and magnetic resonance imaging of the brachial plexus after 3 weeks of symptoms.…”

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Brachial Plexopathy After Cervical Spine Surgery

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Mummaneni

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et al. 2017

Global Spine Journal

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Study Design:Retrospective, multicenter case-series study and literature review.Objectives:To determine the prevalence of brachial plexopathy after cervical spine surgery and to review the literature to better understand the etiology and risk factors of brachial plexopathy after cervical spine surgery.Methods:A retrospective case-series study of 12 903 patients at 21 different sites was performed to analyze the prevalence of several different complications, including brachial plexopathy. A literature review of the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (PubMed) database was conducted to identify articles pertaining to brachial plexopathy following cervical spine surgery.Results:In our total population of 12 903 patients, only 1 suffered from postoperative brachial plexopathy. The overall prevalence rate was thus 0.01%, but the prevalence rate at the site where this complication occurred was 0.07%. Previously reported risk factors for postoperative brachial plexopathy include age, anterior surgical procedures, and a diagnosis of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. The condition can also be due to patient positioning during surgery, which can generally be detected via the use of intraoperative neuromonitoring.Conclusions:Brachial plexopathy following cervical spine surgery is rare and merits further study.

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