Repair of pharyngoesophageal diverticulum by resection with myotomy and muscle closure.
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.
D004240:Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009132:Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence