[Cause analysis and clinical intervention of C palsy after cervical surgery].

Objective: To review the research progress of C palsy (C P) after cervical surgery, providing new clinical intervention ideas for the C P patients.

Methods: The relevant literature domestically and abroad was extensively consulted and the latest developments in the incidence, risk factors, manifestations and diagnosis, prevention, and intervention measures of C P were systematically expounded.

Results: C P is characterized by weakness in the C nerve innervation area after cervical decompression surgery, manifested as limited shoulder abduction and elbow flexion, with an incidence rate more than 5%, often caused by segmental spinal cord injury or mechanical injury to the nerve roots.