title: Postoperative highcervical quadriplegia after transoral biopsy of a paravertebral tuberculous abscess with epidural extension: complete resolution after decompressive laminectomy and high-dose methylprednisolone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital, Chur, Switzerland.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Knutti
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kaech
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003664:Decompression; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone