1. Complications of Cervical Spine Surgery
MH Ford MD FRCS

2. Cervical Surgery General complications Infection DVT&PE
Co-morbidity dependant complications

3. Anterior Surgery
Procedure Specific

4. Anterior Surgery Carotid sheath injury Esophageal injury
Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury
Superior laryngeal nerve injury
Sympathetic chain injury
Cord \ root injury
Vertebral artery injury

5. Anterior Surgery Carotid sheath injury - consequences and prevention
-management – direct repair
- venous patch
- endovascular stent

6. Anterior Surgery Esophageal injury -consequences and prevention
-management – direct repair and gastrostomy

8. Anterior Surgery Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury
-consequences and prevention
-management- conservative
-vocal fold medialization

13. Anterior Surgery Sympathetic chain injury consequences and management
-miosis
-ptosis
-anhydrosis
-prevention

15. Anterior Surgery Cord/root injury -prevention and management
-diamond burr

16. Anterior Surgery
Vertebral artery injury

19. Posterior Surgery
Neurological injury
Vertebral artery injury

20. Cervical Surgery
Non-union
biomechanical causes
biological causes