Esophageal Injury Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Single-institution Retrospective Study
This study suggests that there may be an association between multilevel ACDF and esophageal perforation. Further larger studies will be needed to confirm this along with other risk factors for esophageal perforation.
Authors
- Juan C. Mejia-Munne
- Justin Virojanapa
- Zachary J. Plummer
- Abhijith V. Matur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8044-2447)
- Joseph S. Cheng
- Sanjit Shah
- Yash Patil
- Rani Nasser
- Owoicho Adogwa
- Michael K. Coffin
Institutions
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2026.111864
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00