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  • Title: Anterior cervical osteophyte causing dysphagia as a complication of laminectomy.
    Author: Ortega-Martínez M, Cabezudo JM, Gómez-Perals LF, Fernández-Portales I.
    Journal: Br J Neurosurg; 2005 Apr; 19(2):174-8. PubMed ID: 16120522.
    Abstract:
    Asymptomatic osteophytes of the anterior margins of the cervical vertebral bodies (VB) may occur in 20 - 30% of the population. On rare occasions, dysphagia or dyspnoea may be caused by such cervical osteophytes. We present the case of a 27-year-old woman with progressive dysphagia caused by a voluminous osteophyte secondary to chronic cervical instability after a laminectomy performed 8 years before. Progressive growth of the osteophyte was observed in sequential roentgenograms. As far as we know, this complication of cervical laminectomy has never been reported before. After resection of the osteophyte and arthrodesis of the affected segment the patient was cured.
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