title: Endoscopic Surgery for Omohyoid Muscle Syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Omohyoid muscle syndrome (OMS) (not omohyoid syndrome) is a rare clinical condition that has a characteristic feature of a protruding lateral neck mass during swallowing. The use of endoscopic surgery on the neck is now pretty well established for thyroid and parathyroid glands. Patients with OMS usually undergo simple surgical transection of the omohyoid muscle. The procedure leaves operative scars on the neck, and most patients worry about the cosmetic problems. We report here the first use of an endoscopic procedure instead of traditional surgery for treatment of OMS.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a rare case of a 26-year-old Chinese man who noted a protruding mass involving the right side of his neck during the past 10 years. OMS was diagnosed. Laparoscopic simple transection of the omohyoid muscle by an ultrasonically activated scalpel was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After laparoscopic transection of the omohyoid muscle, the neck mass completely disappeared during swallowing, and there were no operative scars on the neck.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, this is the first report of laparoscopy for treatment of OMS. We believe that the laparoscopic procedure is made acceptable for this unusual disease because of the cosmetic result.
authors.affiliation: Laparoscopic Surgical Center, Department of General Surgery of Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University , Beijing, People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Laparoscopic Surgical Center, Department of General Surgery of Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University , Beijing, People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Laparoscopic Surgical Center, Department of General Surgery of Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University , Beijing, People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Laparoscopic Surgical Center, Department of General Surgery of Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University , Beijing, People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Buhe
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.affiliation: Laparoscopic Surgical Center, Department of General Surgery of Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University , Beijing, People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Dongdong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Laparoscopic Surgical Center, Department of General Surgery of Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University , Beijing, People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Laparoscopic Surgical Center, Department of General Surgery of Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University , Beijing, People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Laparoscopic Surgical Center, Department of General Surgery of Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University , Beijing, People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: Laparoscopic Surgical Center, Department of General Surgery of Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University , Beijing, People's Republic of China .
authors.forename: Nengwei
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013577:Syndrome