Esophagus atresia after cervical spine surgery: Case report and literature review

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-293

  Seidl, Rainer O ^a   Todt, Ingo ^a   Ernst, Arne ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atresia; Dysphagia; Esophagus; Platysma fascia flap; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCAR; SPINE SURGERY; SWALLOWING; TISSUE FIXATION;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846794756     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0171-2     Document Type: Article

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