title: [Esophageal perforation. A rare complication after operation of degenerative and traumatic pathology of the cervical spine].
abstract: Esophageal perforation is a rare complication in the surgical treatment of diseases of the cervical spine. Following cervical discectomy for degenerative arthritis at the C6/C7 level, a 42-year-old male patient experienced a progressive dislocation of a PMMA-implant with impending esophageal perforation. Neurological symptoms including dysphagia worsened and a new fusion had to be performed 3.5 months after initial surgery. On the 2nd postoperative day, a laceration of the esophagus was diagnosed clinically and on esophagogram. After drainage, the perforation healed under antibiotic treatment and enteral nutrition through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy within 5 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemein- und Gefässchirurgie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lindhorst
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Encke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects
vernacular_title: Die Osophagusperforation. Eine seltene Komplikation der Operation degenerativer und traumatischer Halswirbelsäulenleiden.