Twenty days after the operation of anterior cervical decompression fusion with internal fixation, the fistula was found at the lower end of right neck incision with purulent secretion, the intumescent mucosa was founded at the posterior wall of the esophagus, down about 5 cm of the oesophagostomum. The metal plate sample exposed under the intumescent mucosa. The diagnosed was "neck esophageal fistula".
Decompression, Surgical ; Esophageal Fistula ; surgery ; Humans ; Neck