• Am J Emerg Med · Apr 2019

    Case Reports

    Traumatic cervical fusion hardware displacement presenting with dysphagia and dysphonia.

    • Valerian Peterson and Rebecca Jeanmonod.
    • St. Luke's University Health Network, 801 Ostrum St, Bethlehem, PA 18015, United States of America.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Apr 1; 37 (4): 795.e5-795.e8.

    AbstractSurgery 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.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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