title: Repair of pharyngoesophageal diverticulum by resection with myotomy and muscle closure.
abstract: This technique has been used on four of our patients undergoing resection of pharyngoesophageal diverticula during the past year. Short term results have been satisfactory. Long term follow-up study and numbers of patients are, as yet, insufficient to draw conclusions as to the late recurrence rate.
mesh_terms: D004240:Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009132:Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence