Brown-Séquard syndrome after blunt cervical spine trauma in a patient with preinjury multilevel hemilaminectomies and OPLL: illustrative case
This case highlights a unique scenario in which prior decompressive surgeries could have provided a protective effect on the spinal cord at the levels with concomitant OPLL and hemilaminectomies, potentially preventing complete tetraplegia. https://thejns.org/doi/10.3171/CASE24637.
Authors
- Kenneth M. Crandall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9609-3314)
- Kevin T. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9411-4727)
- José Torres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1525-1828)
- Riccardo Serra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1975-393X)
- Steven K. Yarmoska
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/case24637
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00