Esophageal injury associated with anterior cervical spine surgery

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-24

  Patel, Naresh P ^a   Wolcott, W Putnam ^b   Johnson, J Patrick ^b   Cambron, Helen ^b   Lewin, Marcial ^c   McBride, Duncan ^d   Batzdorf, Ulrich ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical spine surgery; Complications; Esophageal injury; Esophageal perforation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIVERTICULOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ODYNOPHAGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SOCIETY; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLITIS; SURGEON; WOUND DRAINAGE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549051653     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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