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. 1981 Apr;10(2):145-8.

Cricopharyngeal myotomy

R J Black
  • PMID: 7241630

Cricopharyngeal myotomy

R J Black. J Otolaryngol. 1981 Apr.

Abstract

Cricopharyngeal myotomy as an independent procedure has bee performed on 11 patients with a variety of neuromuscular disorders suffering from dysphagia localized to the neck. There was dramatic improvement in nine with one failure and one death from pre-existing pneumonia. The selection of patients for this operation is based on manometric studies.

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