We present a case of complicated postoperative nerve injury. A 70-year-old man complained of partial paralysis and numbness of the left forearm 1.5 hour after operation for femoral artery bypass graft. Postoperative cervical spine MRI revealed cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. The MRI findings could account for his symptom. Not only peripheral nerve injury but the cervical radiculopathy may play an important role in perioperative neuropathy.
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