Successful surgical management of a delayed pharyngo-esophageal perforation after anterior cervical spine plating

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages

  Solerio, Dino ^a   Ruffini, Enrico ^a   Gargiulo, Giosué ^a   Camandona, Michele ^a   Raggio, Eleonora ^a   Solini, Antonio ^a   Dei Poli, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical surgery; Myofascial flap; Pharyngeal esophageal perforation; Plate instrumentation; Pseudodiverticulum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BONE PLATE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRACHEOTOMY;

ABSCESS; ADULT; BONE PLATES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CERVICOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50649100618     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0578-5     Document Type: Article

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