Anterior cervical screw extrusion leading to acute upper airway obstruction: Case report

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2005, Pages

  Wong, David T ^a,b   Fehlings, Michael G ^a   Massicotte, Eric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute airway obstruction; Cervical fusion; Instrumentation extrusion; Prevertebral abscess

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSPHAGIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FILM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 27944499356     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000186861.82651.00     Document Type: Article

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