title: Accessory nerve palsies.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. adrian.wills@nuh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Adrian J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wills
authors.forename: Guy V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Sawle
mesh_terms: D020436:Accessory Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012782:Shoulder / Q000294:innervation* / Q000503:physiopathology