Feeding difficulties in a neonate with primary cricopharyngeal achalasia treated by cricopharyngeal myotomy

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-253

  Korakaki, Eftichia ^a   Hatzidaki, Eleftheria ^a   Manoura, Antonia ^a   Velegrakis, Georgios ^a   Charissis, Georgios ^a   Gourgiotis, Dimitrios ^a,b   Giannakopoulou, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cricopharyngeal achalasia; Cricopharyngeal myotomy; Swallowing difficulties

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MYOTOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NOSE FEEDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY CRICOPHARYNGEAL ACHALASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347320565     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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