1966
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.16.9.867
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Spasmodic torticollis

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“…The most satisfactory is section of the an terior roots of Cl, C2 and C3 bilaterally, with intradural section of both spinal accessory nerves [4,7,9,10]. Patients with severe torticollis may also have the C4 root interrupted only on the side of the greater involvement [10,12].…”
Section: Anterior Root and Spinal Accessory Nerve Sectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most satisfactory is section of the an terior roots of Cl, C2 and C3 bilaterally, with intradural section of both spinal accessory nerves [4,7,9,10]. Patients with severe torticollis may also have the C4 root interrupted only on the side of the greater involvement [10,12].…”
Section: Anterior Root and Spinal Accessory Nerve Sectionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hamby and Schiffer, and Sorensen and Hamby reported 80 cases of spasmodic torticollis treated by rhizotomy without such complications but one surgical death--alI without magnification ~, 21 In the past I have made every effort to preserve the radicular arteries of the sensory root, which are large, but have made little effort to preserve those of the motor roots, which are nearly invisible without magnification.…”
Section: Discussion Of the Consequences Of The Reported Casementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Unfortunately, this can be distressing be cause of large areas of anesthesia over the neck and back of the head. The efferent limb of the arc might also be interrupted, and this is the basis for procedures originated by D andy [3], later modified by Wycis and Gildenberg [15][16][17] and reported by Sorensen and Hamby [12], and H amby and Scheffer [6] in which the anterior roots of Q , C2 and C3 are interrupted bilaterally (and sometimes C4 unilaterally), as well as either an intradural or extraspinal section of the spinal accessory nerves bilaterally.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most prevalent surgical treatment is that of section of the upper cervical anterior roots and the spinal accessory nerves, as intro duced by Dandy [3] in 1930. Although many patients have benefited from this procedure [6,8,10,12,[15][16][17], the results are inconsistent. Side effects include swallowing difficulties and weakness of arm raising, and there is a mortality rate from impairment of brain stem function.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%