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Life threatening complication of biocompatible osteoconductive polymer graft after anterior cervical discectomy
G C McLorinan1, K A Choudhari, R S Cooke
1Northern Ireland Regional Neurosurgical Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
British Journal of Neurosurgery
|October 16, 2001
Abstract:
Graft extrusion following anterior cervical discectomy is a recognized complication. We report a case of acute laryngeal obstruction secondary to synthetic graft extrusion to highlight potential dangers of interbody spacing devices and to stress the importance of investigation of patients who have symptoms attributable to early graft extrusion.