Abstract | AIM: To raise the awareness of the appropriate management of unusual clinical presentation of cervical disc herniation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: RESULTS: Patients were 7 three of them were female and four were males and the mean age of our patients is 45.28 ± 16.49 years ranged between 32 and 72 years. History of spinodegenerative disease in the form of chronic neck pain with or without brachialgia was found in 6/7 patients (85.7%) while history of trauma was found in 5/7 patients (71.4%). Most common affected level is C5-C6 disc Outcome after surgical treatment revealed complete recovery in 4/7 patients (57.1%) while incomplete recovery in 2 patients (28.6%) and no improvement in one patient (14.3%). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Safwat Abouhashem, Mohamad Ammar, Mohamad Barakat, Essam Abdelhameed |
Journal | Turkish neurosurgery
(Turk Neurosurg)
Vol. 23
Issue 4
Pg. 470-5
( 2013)
ISSN: 1019-5149 [Print] Turkey |
PMID | 24101266
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Brown-Sequard Syndrome
(etiology, therapy)
- Cervical Vertebrae
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Diskectomy
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
(complications, therapy)
- Intervertebral Disc Displacement
(complications, therapy)
- Laminectomy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscle Weakness
(etiology)
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- Spinal Fusion
- Treatment Outcome
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