Delayed presentation of esophageal perforation from anterior cervical discectomy and fusion hardware failure in a patient presenting with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: An illustrative technical note
Neurosurgical follow-up is warranted in ACDF patients who newly present with findings indicative of with anterior retropharyngeal abscess or esophageal perforation.
Authors
- Kathleen Botterbush (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2721-0684)
- Mayur Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9735-7211)
- Joseph Platz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-1698)
- Mauricio J. Ávila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5855-2033)
- Tyler Nicole Lackland
Institutions
- University of Missouri–St. Louis (US)
- Saint Louis University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Neurology International
- Published
- 2025-07-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25259/sni_242_2025
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00