Delayed pharyngo-esophageal perforation: Rare complication of anterior cervical spine surgery

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 534-536

  Shenoy, Satyanarayana N ^a   Raja, A ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior fusion; Cervical spine; Pharyngoesophageal perforation

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PHARYNX DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 1042268916     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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