Timing for surgical intervention in DISHphagia

Introduction: Dysphagia in old patients secondary to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) syndrome is underdiagnosed. Surgical resection of the offending osteophytes is the definitive treatment. However, the timing of surgery in the course of the disease is still controversial. The study...

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Main Author: Waeel Ossama Hamouda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine
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Online Access:http://www.jcvjs.com/article.asp?issn=0974-8237;year=2018;volume=9;issue=4;spage=227;epage=231;aulast=Hamouda