You never know what you might find--tracheo-esophageal fistula from extrusion of a spinal fusion fixation screw

Respiration. 2010;79(6):506-7. doi: 10.1159/000192369. Epub 2009 Jan 9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Screws / adverse effects*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / complications*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / etiology
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Fractures / etiology
  • Spinal Fractures / surgery*
  • Spinal Fusion / adverse effects*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / complications
  • Spinal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / etiology*