Persistent swallowing and voice problems after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with allograft and plating: A 5- to 11-year follow-up study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 677-682

  Yue, Wai Mun ^a,c   Brodner, Wolfram ^b,c   Highland, Thomas R ^c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Columbia Spine Centre ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Dysphagia; Dysphonia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOGRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FUSION;

BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISKECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PHONATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 26244445826     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0849-3     Document Type: Review

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