Surgery for pharyngeal pouch: audit of management with short- and long-term follow-up.
A review was undertaken of 103 patients with pharyngeal pouch presenting over a 10-year period. Management was conservative in 35 patients and 68 patients were treated using external diverticulectomy and cricopharyngeus myotomy. The fistula rate was 8.9% and median hospital stay was 7 days. The results of this large series are compared to other reported series, and a long-term follow-up showing clinical outcome is reported.
Department of Otolaryngology, Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
M R
MR
Laing
P
P
Murthy
K W
KW
Ah-See
J S
JS
Cockburn
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016672:Zenker Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*