Cricopharyngeal myotomy: Indications and technique

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 216-221

  Mckenna, Jeffrey A ^a   Dedo, Herbert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

achalasia; cervical dysphagia; cricopharyngeal myotomy; cricopharyngeus muscle; Zenker s diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0026547613     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: 19433572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949210100304     Document Type: Article

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