Voice and Swallowing Outcomes Following Revision Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dysphagia; Dysphonia

Treatments: Other: Voice and Swallowing evaluations

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01017055

IRB-090409003

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate voice and swallowing outcomes post operatively.

Full description

Anterior Cervical Decompression and fusion is one of the most common spinal surgical procedures performed in the United States. Common complications of this type of surgery are difficulty swallowing and nerve dysfunction that can effect voice. The chance of having voice and swallowing disturbances increases if this type of surgery has to be repeated. The purpose of this study is to document the voice and swallowing function of patients undergoing this type of surgery in an effort to find better ways to identify and treat these common complications.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing revision anterior cervical spine surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Primary pathology of the upper aero-digestive tract other than mild chronic pharyngitis, pre-existing vocal cord paralysis.

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

Voice and Swallowing Evaluations

Treatment:

Other: Voice and Swallowing evaluations