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Case Reports
. 1989;13(2):95-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF00266369.

Dysphagia due to cervical osteophytes. A description of five patients and a review of the literature

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Dysphagia due to cervical osteophytes. A description of five patients and a review of the literature

D Stuart. Int Orthop. 1989.

Abstract

Five patients are described who had cervical fusion for dysphagia. A prospective study showed that this symptom was rare in those presenting with cervical spondylosis. Excision of the osteophytes together with an anterior fusion is required.

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