CERVICAL NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION AND “THE SHOULDER‐HAND SYNDROME”

1956 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 448-450
Author(s):  
Douglas Miller ◽  
K. F. Bleasel
2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. E2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adesh Tandon ◽  
Sid Chandela ◽  
David Langer ◽  
Chandranath Sen

Cervical radiculopathy secondary to compression from congenital anomalous vertebral arteries (VAs) is a known entity. Patients present with a variety of symptoms ranging from upper-extremity numbness to true occipital neuralgia. Treatment options for extracranial tortuous VAs include conservative management or some form of surgical microvascular decompression (MVD). The authors report on a patient with a congenital anomalous VA loop causing cervical nerve root compression. Successful MVD was conducted with relief of the patient's symptoms. A novel sling technique was used for mobilization of the VA. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first MVD described utilizing this technique.


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