Late-onset “white cord syndrome” in an elderly patient after posterior cervical decompression and fusion: a case report

[1] Young WF(2000)Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a common cause of spinal cord dysfunction in older persons Am Fam Physician 62 1064-70

[2] Fehlings MG(2013)Anterior versus posterior surgical approaches to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 38 2247-52

[3] Barry S(2012)Neurological complications of cervical spine surgery: C5 palsy and intraoperative monitoring Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 37 E328-34

[4] Kopjar B(2017)Cervical spondylotic myelopathy a review of clinical diagnosis and treatment Bull Hosp Jt Dis 75 21-9

[5] Yoon ST(2013)“White cord syndrome” of acute tetraplegia after anterior cervical decompression and fusion for chronic spinal cord compression: a case report Case Rep Orthop 2013 697918-9

[6] Arnold P(2017)White cord syndrome after non-contiguous double-level anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF): A “no reflow phenomenon”? Interdiscip Neurosurg 7 47-6

[7] Massicotte EM(2018)“White cord syndrome” of acute hemiparesis after posterior cervical decompression and fusion for chronic cervical stenosis World Neurosurg 113 33-46

[8] Currier BL(2015)Riluzole blocks perioperative ischemia-reperfusion injury and enhances postdecompression outcomes in cervical spondylotic myelopathy Sci Transl Med 7 316ra194-82

[9] Cuellar J(2015)A clinical prediction rule for functional outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy: analysis of an international prospective multicenter data set of 757 subjects J Bone Jt Surg Am 97 2038-7

[10] Passias P(2004)Postoperative expansion of intramedullary high-intensity areas on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging after cervical laminoplasty Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 29 1478-32

[1] Young WF(2000)Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a common cause of spinal cord dysfunction in older persons Am Fam Physician 62 1064-70

[2] Fehlings MG(2013)Anterior versus posterior surgical approaches to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 38 2247-52

[3] Barry S(2012)Neurological complications of cervical spine surgery: C5 palsy and intraoperative monitoring Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 37 E328-34

[4] Kopjar B(2017)Cervical spondylotic myelopathy a review of clinical diagnosis and treatment Bull Hosp Jt Dis 75 21-9

[5] Yoon ST(2013)“White cord syndrome” of acute tetraplegia after anterior cervical decompression and fusion for chronic spinal cord compression: a case report Case Rep Orthop 2013 697918-9

[6] Arnold P(2017)White cord syndrome after non-contiguous double-level anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF): A “no reflow phenomenon”? Interdiscip Neurosurg 7 47-6

[7] Massicotte EM(2018)“White cord syndrome” of acute hemiparesis after posterior cervical decompression and fusion for chronic cervical stenosis World Neurosurg 113 33-46

[8] Currier BL(2015)Riluzole blocks perioperative ischemia-reperfusion injury and enhances postdecompression outcomes in cervical spondylotic myelopathy Sci Transl Med 7 316ra194-82

[9] Cuellar J(2015)A clinical prediction rule for functional outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy: analysis of an international prospective multicenter data set of 757 subjects J Bone Jt Surg Am 97 2038-7

[10] Passias P(2004)Postoperative expansion of intramedullary high-intensity areas on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging after cervical laminoplasty Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 29 1478-32