Surgical treatment of Zenker's diverticulum: Transcutaneous diverticulectomy versus microendoscopic myotomy of the cricopharyngeal muscle with CO2 laser

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 482-487

  Zbaren, P ^a   Schar, P ^a   Tschopp, L ^a   Becker, M ^a   Hausler, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 0032859576     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(99)70242-1     Document Type: Article

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