Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy as a Cause of Severe Dysphagia along with the Oropharyngeal Stenosis due to Occipitocervical Kyphosis

Figure 5

(a) Pre- and (b) postoperative lateral cervical X-rays showing the surgical plan for the change of direction of hypoglossal nerve (black dotted lines). The white arrow points the place at which the nerve exits from the hypoglossal foramen and is stretched backward due to the O-C kyphosis.

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