Alberto Ivo Carbo MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Matthew Morgan, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Anne Hollister MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Peeyush Bhargava MD, MBA, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

• To describe the postsurgical techniques and complications of cervical spinal surgery like infection, hemorrhage and neurologic and muscular damage • To discuss the pathophysiology of the swallowing changes produced by the surgery • To review the radiological diagnosis and therapeutic consequences • To show sample cases of abnormal swallowing disorders due to surgery by fluoroscopy or rapid radiographic sequences  

• Cervical spinal fixation: Surgical techniques • Post surgical complications that may affect the swallowing mechanism • Pathophysiology of swallowing disorders attributed to cervical fixation • Radiologic diagnosis and significance for treatment • Sample cases documented by videofluoroscopy, rapid radiographic sequences, plain film and MDCT.  

http://abstract.rsna.org/uploads/2014/14015303/14015303_pcg5.pdf

Carbo, A, Morgan, M, Hollister, A, Bhargava, P, Swallowing Disorders due to Cervical Spinal Fixation: Diagnosis by Videofluoroscopy.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14015303.html