The study included 85 patients undergoing posterior cervical surgery.
Postoperatively the study found the occurrence of new dysphagia to be:
• 11 percent at two weeks
• 8 percent at six weeks
• 13 percent at 12 weeks
• 6 percent at 25 weeks
The researchers concluded that dysphagia can occur as a result of both anterior and posterior cervical surgery.
Authors of the study include Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD; Kristen Radcliff, MD; Jeffrey Rihn, MD; Loukas Koyonos, MD; Corey Clyde, MD; Gursukhman Sidhu, MBBS; Michael Fickes, MD; Alan Hilibrand, MD; and Todd Albert, MD.
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