Motor Function of the Upper-Extremity after Transection of the Second Thoracic Nerve Root during Total En Bloc Spondylectomy

Noriaki Yokogawa; Hideki Murakami; Satoru Demura; Satoshi Kato; Katsuhito Yoshioka; Hiroyuki Hayashi; Takayoshi Ishii; Moriyuki Fujii; Takashi Igarashi; Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109838

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Motor Function of the Upper-Extremity after Transection of the Second Thoracic Nerve Root during Total En Bloc Spondylectomy

Noriaki Yokogawa ,

* E-mail: chakkun1981chakkun@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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Hideki Murakami,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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Satoru Demura,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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Satoshi Kato,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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Katsuhito Yoshioka,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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Hiroyuki Hayashi,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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Takayoshi Ishii,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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Moriyuki Fujii,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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Takashi Igarashi,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Japan
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Motor Function of the Upper-Extremity after Transection of the Second Thoracic Nerve Root during Total En Bloc Spondylectomy

Noriaki Yokogawa,
Hideki Murakami,
Satoru Demura,
Satoshi Kato,
Katsuhito Yoshioka,
Hiroyuki Hayashi,
Takayoshi Ishii,
Moriyuki Fujii,
Takashi Igarashi,
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

Published: October 15, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109838

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