Dysphagia following combined anterior-posterior cervical spine surgeries Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 279-287

  Chen, Ching Jen ^a   Saulle, Dwight ^a   Fu, Kai Ming ^b   Smith, Justin S ^a   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior; Cervical; Complication; Dysphagia; Posterior; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BARIUM SWALLOW; BEDSIDE SWALLOWING TEST; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KYPHOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LORDOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATION DURATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT COUNSELING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPINE PLATE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SWALLOWING;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884486212     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.6.SPINE121134     Document Type: Article

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