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Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in the Ovine Model
Published on: October 5, 2009
Traumatic cervical fusion hardware displacement presenting with dysphagia and dysphonia
Valerian Peterson1, Rebecca Jeanmonod1
1St. Luke's University Health Network, 801 Ostrum St, Bethlehem, PA 18015, United States of America.
Abstract:
Surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy has been increasing in incidence. Almost 20% of patients have complications related to their surgery, although hardware extrusion is rare and generally reported in the first post-operative month. We report the case of a woman with new dysphagia and hoarseness secondary to traumatic screw dislodgement into her pre-vertebral space 5 months after cervical discectomy.
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