Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy - Dr. Osama Amin

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This is a video showing a hypoglossal nerve palsy.

Hypoglossal nerve palsies are also a rare but reported complication of anterior cervical surgery. The tongue will deviate to the side of the injury.

Below is a case report of a patient who developed a hypoglossal nerve palsy following a corpectomy and fusion from C2 to C5.Sengupta DK, Grevitt MP, Mehdian SM. Hypoglossal nerve injury as a complication of anterior surgery to the upper cervical spine. Eur Spine J. 1999;8(1):78-80. Review. PubMed PMID: 10190859; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3611125. Level of Evidence: Undefined.
PMID: 10190859 (Link to Abstract)