Late esophageal perforation complicating anterior cervical plate fixation in ankylosing spondylitis: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-353

  Zdichavsky, Marty ^a,d   Blauth, Michael ^b   Bosch, Ulrich ^c   Rosenthal, Herbert ^a   Knop, Christian ^b   Bastian, Leonard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Anterior spinal fusion; Esophageal perforation; Metal implants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SUTURING METHOD;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3142725711     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0654-9     Document Type: Article

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