Dislodged upper thoracic cage in the gastrointestinal tract: A case report and literature reviews

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Chiu Liang ^a,b   Chou, Chii Wen ^a   Su, Wei Wen ^a   Cheng, Ching Yuan ^a   Yu, Chen Tung ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cage migration; Dislodged cage; Esophageal perforation; Osteomyelitis; Thoracic spine; Vertebral tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORPECTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIVERTICULOSIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ESOPHAGOSCOPE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; STOMACH ULCER; THORACIC CAGE DISLODGEMENT; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VERTEBRA;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 65849142983     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181878791     Document Type: Article

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