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Brown-Sequard-type myelopathy due to cervical disc herniation associated with severe carotid stenosis prompting rapid combined corpectomy and carotid endarterectomy under deep anticoagulant therapy
The Spine Journal, 10/26/09
Laghmari M et al. – This case suggests that such a combined carotid endarterectomy and cervical corpectomy with fusion under anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy is feasible. However, even if the unique clinical presentation of the patient led us to undertake such a surgical strategy, therapeutic decision in patients presenting with both severe carotid stenosis and cervical spinal cord compression should rely on a case–by–case analysis.
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