Cricopharyngeal myotomy normalizes the opening size of the upper esophageal sphincter in cricopharyngeal dysfunction

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-96

  Yip, Helena T ^a   Leonard, Rebecca ^a   Kendall, Katherine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Park Nicollet Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MYOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRICOID; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645238783     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000184526.89256.85     Document Type: Article

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