Endoscopic cricopharyngeal myotomy: Indications and technique

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 437-441

  Lawson, Georges ^a   Remacle, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cricopharyngeal dysmotility; Dysphagia; Endoscopic laser assisted cricopharyngeal myotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN;

CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROGRAPHY; HUMAN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; MEDIASTINITIS; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; HUMANS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 33750956066     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3280106314     Document Type: Review

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