Cricopharyngeal myotomy.
Cricopharyngeal myotomy as an independent procedure has bee performed on 11 patients with a variety of neuromuscular disorders suffering from dysphagia localized to the neck. There was dramatic improvement in nine with one failure and one death from pre-existing pneumonia. The selection of patients for this operation is based on manometric studies.
D003679:Deglutition; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009132:Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D010609:Pharyngeal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications