Esophageal perforation complicating with spinal epidural abscess, iatrogenic or secondary to first thoracic spine fracture?

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-434

  Chen, H C ^a   Tzaan, W C ^a   Chen, T Y ^a   Tu, P H ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidural abscess; Esophageal perforation; Thoracic spine fracture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEVER; HERNIA; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; LIMB FRACTURE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACIC SPINE; THORACIC SPINE FRACTURE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 17644366796     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0305-5     Document Type: Article

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