Zenker's diverticulum

Principles of Deglutition: A Multidisciplinary Text for Swallowing and its Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 495-508

  Cook, Ian J ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilobed pharyngeal pouches; Bilobed pouch; Bilobed with one opening; Dysphagia; Laryngocoele; Pathophysiology; Pouches with separate necks; Swallowing; Upper oesophageal sphincter (UES); Zenker's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955737353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3794-9_35     Document Type: Chapter

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