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. 1998 Jan;21(6):380–382. doi: 10.1007/s002640050190

Acute central cervical cord injury presenting with only upper extremity involvement

L Dai 1, L Jia 1
PMCID: PMC3619569  PMID: 9498147

Summary.

Twenty-four patients with acute central cervical cord injury with motor and sensory impairment involving only the upper extremities are described; none had any abnormality in the lower extremities. They were all treated conservatively with one exception in whom an anterior decompression was performed. Seventeen had complete recovery of motor function; the remaining 7 had some weakness of the palmar interosseous muscles. The time to recovery was from 2 weeks to 4 months. Sensory recovery took from 4 to 6 months after injury. This type of injury is caused by damage to the anterior and posterior horn cells in the cervical cord.

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Accepted: 3 February 1997


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