RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Accessory nerve palsies
JF Practical Neurology
JO Pract Neurol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 191
OP 194
DO 10.1136/jnnp.2010.217760
VO 10
IS 4
A1 Adrian J Wills
A1 Guy V Sawle
YR 2010
UL http://pn.bmj.com/content/10/4/191.abstract
AB Accessory nerve palsies may cause considerable functional disability and they unfortunately continue to occur as a complication of surgery in and, around the posterior triangle of the neck. Here the causes of accessory nerve palsies are reviewed and the symptoms and signs arising as a consequence are summarised. In addition, the various treatments and their indications are highlighted and discussed.