Which type of paralysis from spinal cord transection occurs in the upper thoracic or cervical region of the spinal cord ?

Tetraplegia (paralysis in all four limbs)

Explanation:

We can group vertebrae into sections acording to their location, these sections are (You can see them in the image I added):

An injury in the low cervical nerves can go from having hand movement and the need of assistance only for difficult tasks (c8 injury) to the likelihood of having some or total paralysis of wrist, hands, trunk and legs with weakened breathing (c5 injury), as you can see the higher the injury the more dysfunction can occur, when a high cervical nerve lesion occurs the patient may not be able to breathe on his own or speak, having tetraplegia and therefore requiring complete assistance