The impact of esophagus retraction on early dysphagia after anterior cervical surgery: Does a correlation exist?

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1089-1093

  Papavero, Luca ^a   Heese, Oliver ^a   Klotz Regener, Volker ^b   Buchalla, Rüdiger ^b   Schröder, Frank ^a   Westphal, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Diakonissen Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy; Dysphagia; Esophagus; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE MONITORING; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECORDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWALLOWING;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISKECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 34247579698     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000261627.04944.cf     Document Type: Article

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