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KMID : 1099620080050030207
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Korean Journal of Spine
2008 Volume.5 No. 3 p.207 ~ p.210
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Dysphagia Caused by Anterior Cervical Osteophytes: Different Surgical Outcomes in Three Cases
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Park Eun-Kyung
Jeon Sang-Ryong
Roh Sung-Woo
Kang Suk-Hyung
Rhim Seung-Chul
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Abstract
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Dysphagia is a common symptom in elderly individuals, and anterior cervical osteophytes have been implicated as a rare, but surgically correctible cause of dysphagia. In previous studies, surgical treatment of such cases has been associated with immediate symptomatic relief. The surgical outcome of three cases was reviewed retrospectively. A 74-year-old male with progressive dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia attributed to diffuse ossification of anterior longitudinal ligaments (OALL) from C3 to T1 was treated by standard anterior approach and subtotal resection was done. The second case was a 64-year-old male with dysphagia due to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) underwent anterior DISH resection. The last was a 79-year-old male with progressive dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia due to OALL treated with osteophyte resection. Symptomatic relief was achieved immediately in the first two cases, however, recurrence occurred after seven years in the first case and osteophyte regrowth without symptom in the second case after 33 months follow up. The last case did not have any symptomatic improvement and mechanical obstruction was noted intraoperatively within esophagus. Surgical complication resulting emergency hematoma evacuation and tracheostomy occurred in the second case with complete recovery. Surgical complications, reossification with symptomatic recurrence, and possible plural or mixed causes of dysphagia are all reasons for caution prior to the decision to intervene surgically in such cases.
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KEYWORD
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Cervical vertebrae, Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, Dysphagia, Operation, Osteophyte, Outcomes
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