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Treatment considerations for cervical and cervicothoracic spondylodiscitis associated with esophageal fistula due to cancer history or accidental injury: a 9-patient case series

Published inActa Neurochirurgica, vol. 161, no. 9, p. 1877-1886
Publication date2019
Abstract

The combination of cervical spondylodiscitis and esophageal fistula is rare but life-threatening. Due to both the rarity of these conditions' coincidence and the complexity and heterogeneity of individual cases, there is no optimal treatment or management approach. The aims of this study are to obtain an overview of patients' outcomes and to discuss treatment options.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cervical Vertebrae/diagnostic imaging/surgery
  • Debridement
  • Discitis/diagnostic imaging/etiology/surgery
  • Esophageal Fistula/complications
  • Esophageal Neoplasms/complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Palliative Care
  • Pharyngeal Neoplasms/complications
  • Quadriplegia/etiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Spinal Injuries/complications
  • Spinal Neoplasms/complications
  • Thoracic Vertebrae/diagnostic imaging/surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
Citation (ISO format)
JANSSEN, Insa et al. Treatment considerations for cervical and cervicothoracic spondylodiscitis associated with esophageal fistula due to cancer history or accidental injury: a 9-patient case series. In: Acta Neurochirurgica, 2019, vol. 161, n° 9, p. 1877–1886. doi: 10.1007/s00701-019-03985-3
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