Endoscopic cricopharyngeal myotomy for management of cricopharyngeal achalasia (CA) in an 18-month-old child

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 797-800

  Chun, Robert ^a   Sitton, Mathew ^a   Tipnis, Neelesh A ^a   Arvedson, Joan C ^a   Rao, Aparna ^b   Dranove, Jason ^c   Brown, David J ^d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cricopharyngeal achalasia; endoscopic cricopharyngeal myotomy; Pediatric dysphagia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MYOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANOMETRY; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX;

EID: 84874410837     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23545     Document Type: Article

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