Cricopharyngeal achalasia in children: Surgical and medical treatment

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 430-433

  Drendel, Michael ^a,c   Carmel, Eldar ^a,c   Kerimis, Panayiotis ^a   Wolf, Michael ^a,c   Finkelstein, Yehuda ^b,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Cricopharyngeal achalasia (CA); Cricopharyngeal myotomy; Oropharyngeal dysphagia; Upper esophageal sphincter (UES)

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRICOPHARYNGEAL ACHALASIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEVER; FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEM; FOLEY BALLOON CATHETER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84881494215     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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