Pharyngeal pouch: link with reflux and oesophageal dysmotility.
Twenty patients aged 56-92 years who underwent surgical correction of pharyngeal pouches at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth were asked to fill in a detailed questionnaire. They were then interviewed and barium swallow studies performed from 3 months to 4 years post-operatively. Nineteen patients in the sample were found to have reflux and 20 had dysmotility. These findings suggest that pharyngeal pouches are not a purely localized inco-ordination of the cricopharyngeal sphincter but are associated with a generalized oesophageal muscle dysfunction.
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Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
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Jackson
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D000368:Aged; D015154:Esophageal Motility Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D016672:Zenker Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery