Airway Obstruction Caused by Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage after Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: A Report of Two Cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 370-372

  Chang, Han Soo ^a   Kondo, Shiro ^a   Mizuno, Junichi ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 0942290582     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200402000-00023     Document Type: Article

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