Repair of esophageal perforation due to anterior cervical spine instrumentation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 739-742

  Kau, Ryan L ^a   Kim, Namou ^a   Hinni, Michael L ^a   Patel, Naresh P ^b  

^a Division of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal perforation; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD REGURGITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBE REMOVAL; VOICE CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950794338     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20842     Document Type: Article

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