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Pharyngo Cutaneous Fistula Following Polytrauma
Author(s): Navas Nadukkandiyil, Hanadi Khamis Alhamad, Anoop Sankaranarayanan, Essa Mubarak Al sulaiti, Luay Abdel Wahab, Maryam Al Obaidely and Marwan Badri RamadanNavas Nadukkandiyil, Hanadi Khamis Alhamad, Anoop Sankaranarayanan, Essa Mubarak Al sulaiti, Luay Abdel Wahab, Maryam Al Obaidely and Marwan Badri Ramadan
5-15% of patients with undiagnosed Fever of Unknown Origin have a chronic course, especially in long term care settings. It is important to identify the underlying cause as it may be secondary to more sinister underlying causes that often require an intensive and advanced diagnostic evaluation. Acute non-tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess is an infection in one of the deep spaces of the neck; it is rate in adults and usually results from local trauma, such as foreign body ingestion, or following instrumental procedures (laryngoscopy, endotracheal intubation, feeding tube placement, etc.). An esophageal perforation after anterior cervical surgery is also an uncommon but well recognized complication. Esophageal perforation and neck abscess formation are a rare complication of anterior cervical spine surgery. The causes include: (a) Oppression of the esophagus during surgery, due to a c.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7920.1000470
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