Cerebrospinal fluid leak after anterior cervical disc fusion: An unusual cause of dysphagia and neck mass

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1899-1901

  Schaberg, Madeleine R ^a   Altman, Jason I ^a   Shapshay, Stanley M ^a,b   Woo, Peak ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical disc fusion; Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Dysphagia; Neck mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDLINE; NECK TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISKECTOMY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35848964564     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31812eee01     Document Type: Article

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