Case Report
Paraplegia after Gastrectomy in a Patient with Cervical Disc Herniation: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Table 1
Reported cases of nontraumatic acute myelopathy due to cervical disc herniation.
| Authors | Year | Country | Age/sex | After general anesthesia | level | Spinal stenosis | Operation | Recovery of motor function |
| Lourie et al. [1] | 1973 | USA | 37/M | − | C6-C7 | − | ASF | + | Kawaguchi et al. [18] | 1991 | USA | 61/M | + | C6-C7 | − | ASD | + | Ueyama et al. [3] | 1999 | Japan | 61/F | − | C6-C7 | + | ASF | + | Suzuki et al. [4] | 2003 | Japan | 29/M | − | C6-C7 | + | ASF | − | Chen et al. [5] | 2005 | Taiwan | 54/M | + | C6-C7 | − | ASF | − | Hirose and Akhrass [6] | 2005 | USA | 65/M | + | C7-T1 | − | ASF | − | Tsai et al. [7] | 2006 | Taiwan | 32/F | − | C3-c4 | − | ASF | + | Hwang et al. [8] | 2008 | Singapore | 63/M | + | C5-C6, C6-C7 | + | No operation | + | Liu et al. [9] | 2010 | China | 75/M | − | C4-C5 | + | ASF | − | Gorur et al. [19] | 2010 | Turkey | 62/M | + | C5-C6 | − | ASF | + | Kato et al. [10] | 2010 | Japan | 48/M | − | C6-C7 | − | ASF | + | Ikeda et al. [11] | 2012 | Japan | 21/F | − | C3-C4 | + | ASF | + | Ahmed et al. [12] | 2013 | Egypt | 48/F | − | C5-C6 | + | ASF | + | Present case | 2013 | China | 73/M | + | C4-C5 | + | ASF | − |
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M: male; F: female; ASF: anterior spine fusion; ASD: anterior spine decompression.
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