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cricopharyngeal myotomy
Indications:
- *cricopharyngeal spasm or cricopharyngeal achalasia
- management of upper esophageal & pharyngeal dysphagia in the setting of
- *poliomyelitis
- *neurodegenerative disease
- *stroke
- *head & neck surgery
Procedure:
- surgical sectioning of the cricopharyngeus muscle
General
myotomy
References
- Bhattacharyya N, Meyers AD
Medscape: Cricopharyngeal Myotomy
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/836966-overview
- Wikipedia: Cricopharyngeal myotomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricopharyngeal_myotomy