NEUROPATHIES CAUSED BY BONY SPURS IN THE CERVICAL SPINE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SURGICAL TREATMENT

Abstract

Case 1 (No. 3797).-A man aged 38 years, a salesman, on April 6, 1949, complained of pain in the right arm since 1942, and of weakness and wasting of this limb, with wrist drop since 1945. He was involved in bomb blast in 1942, and dates the onset of pain in the arm from this time. He was then in the Forces. He developed a schizophrenic psychosis and was given full insulin therapy, which aggravated the neuritic symptoms. There was a good recovery from the psychiatric condition, but suddenly in 1945 he found that the right hand was weak in its grip and clumsy in handling small objects. Later he could not write and noted fibrillation in small muscles of the hand. He was seen at the National Hospital for Nervous Disorders, Queen Square, London, and was examined by three consultants. Ex- tracts from their reports read: 20