Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Rare Cause of Dysphagia, Airway Obstruction, and Dysphonia

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 938-942

  Nelson, R Scott ^a   Urquhart, Andrew C ^a   Faciszewski, Thomas ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; INTUBATION; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRACHEOTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 33646843395     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.02.030     Document Type: Article

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