Outcomes and complications of surgical treatment of anterior osteophytes causing dysphagia: Single center experience.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Objective: To better understand the functional swallow outcomes, cervical balance, and surgical complications, we examined patients with anterior osteophytes and dysphagia who were treated operatively.

Summary Of Background Data: Anterior osteophytes from diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) or degenerative etiology of the cervical spine can cause dysphagia from mechanical compression of the esophagus.