A MULTICENTRE STUDY
A MULTICENTRE STUDY
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2010
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S. Imagama;Y. Matsuyama;Y. Yukawa;N. Kawakami;M. Kamiya;T. Kanemura;N. Ishiguro;Ñ. S. Imagama
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S. Imagama;Y. Matsuyama;Y. Yukawa;N. Kawakami;M. Kamiya;T. Kanemura;N. Ishiguro;Ñ. S. Imagama
We have reviewed 1858 patients who had undergone a cervical laminoplasty and identified 43 (2.3%) who had developed a C5 palsy with a MMT (MRC) grade of 0 to 2 in the deltoid, with or without involvement of the biceps, but with no loss of muscular strength in any other muscles. The clinical features and radiological findings of patients with (group P; 43 patients) and without (group C; 100 patients) C5 palsy were compared. CT scanning of group P revealed a significant narrowing of the intervertebral foramen of C5 (p < 0.005) and a larger superior articular process (p < 0.05). On MRI, the posterior shift of the spinal cord at C4-5 was significantly greater in group P, than in group C (p < 0.01). This study is the first to correlate impairment of the C5 nerve root with a C5 palsy. It may be that early foraminotomy in susceptible individuals and the avoidance of tethering of the cord by excessive laminoplasty may prevent a post-operative palsy of the C5 nerve root.