ArticleBMJ case reports2018
Rare case of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion complication in a patient with Zenker's diverticulum.
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- Complications associated with anterior cervical spine surgery: A systematic review of literature.Brain & spine · 2026Review
- Iatrogenic pharyngo-esophageal diverticulum post-anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: A case report and review of literature.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2024Review
- Zenker's Diverticulum in Forestier Disease: Chance or Causality?Iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology · 2022Article
- Heterogeneous Presentations of Pharyngoesophageal Diverticula Occurring after Cervical Spine Surgery.Dysphagia · 2021Article
- Magnet-assisted endoscopic diverticulotomy for an esophageal diverticulum after anterior cervical spine surgery: First case report.Endoscopy international open · 2021Article
- The pharyngeal plexus: an anatomical review for better understanding postoperative dysphagia.Neurosurgical review · 2021Review
- Complications of anterior cervical spine surgery: a systematic review of the literature.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2020Review
- Late deep cervical infection after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a case report and literature review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Review
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Abstract
We present a case of Zenker's diverticulum in a 45-year-old woman, occurred as complication after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for a cervical spine injury. The oesophageal complication occurred 12 months after vertebral cervical surgery and presenting symptoms were fever, dysphagia and neck pain with evidence of retropharyngeal infection. We performed a posterior cervical stabilisation C3-D1 by screws and rods and a second anterior left cervical approach with anterior plate removing and oesophageal wall break repairing with a sternohyoid muscle patch. Despite pharyngo-oesophageal diverticulum may be a complication of anterior cervical surgery (traction diverticulum), in case of an already present true Zenker's diverticulum, delayed complication may occur without cervical hardware pull-out.
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