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Surgical Management of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Author(s) -
Shapiro Jo
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0884533699014005s08
Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , cricopharyngeal myotomy , oropharyngeal dysphagia , myotomy , general surgery , zenker's diverticulum , diverticulum (mollusc) , surgery , esophagus , achalasia
There are several types of oropharyngeal dysphagia that are amenable to surgical correction. This article discusses the following topics: the role of cricopharyngeal myotomy in various forms of dysphagia, the surgical approaches to Zenker's diverticulum, and various surgical options in the management of chronic aspiration.