Publications by authors named "Yesser Aljehani"
Background: The anterior approach for cervical spine surgery was introduced in the late 1950's and was then extensively used with a known considered risk for an esophageal injury.
Objective: Therefore, we designed this study to look into our institution's experience in the treatment of esophageal injury post cervical spine fixation looking at possible causes, presentation and risk factors.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of esophageal perforation cases secondary to cervical spine fixation, encountered in King Fahad hospital of the University (Eastern province, Dammam, Saudi Arabia) in between (2008-2019) were studied.