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The Surgical Treatment of Cervical Œsophageal and Laryngopharyngeal Dysphagia
Author(s) -
MILLAR HUGH
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1973.tb06823.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , general surgery , surgery
An account is given of the atiology and treatment of common conditions which cause dysphagia in the laryngopharynx and the cervical œsophagus. Management of cancer is discussed in some detail. Discussion of foreign body and benign strictures due to corrosives and acid regurgitation has been excluded.