Effect of cricopharyngeus muscle surgery on the pharynx

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1498-1503

  Allen, Jacqui ^a   White, Cheryl J ^a   Leonard, Rebecca ^a   Belafsky, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Cricopharyngeal achalasia; Cricopharyngeal bar; Cricopharyngeal dysfunction; Cricopharyngeal obstruction; Cricopharyngeus muscle; Dilation; Myotomy; Oropharyngeal dysphagia; Pharyngeal constriction; Pharyngeal constriction ratio; Pharyngeal dysphagia; Upper esophageal sphincter; Videofluoroscopic swallowing study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE DYSFUNCTION; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE SURGERY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SWALLOWING; THROAT SURGERY; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 77955885776     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21002     Document Type: Article

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