CO2 Laser use in the surgery of the cricopharyngeal muscle dysfunction: Case report

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Luis Cabezas L.
Andrés Ortega T.
Constanza Díaz S.
Francisco Krause P.
Felipe Cardemil M.

Keywords

Cricopharyngeal dysfunction, myotomy, laser endoscopy

Abstract

Cricopharyngeal myotomy is a surgical technique introduced years ago for the treatment of dysphagia associated with cricopharyngeal muscle dysfunction with or without Zenker’s diverticulum, showing successful results that reverse the symptoms and improve the quality of life of patients. With scientific advances endoscopic laser surgery allows to be an open safe, feasible and effective for classical surgical myotomy alternative, according to various published series showing decreasing times anesthesia, surgical and recovery emerges. In this article we describe a case, the surgical technique used and results in a patient with dysphagia by cricopharyngeal dysfunction with good postoperative outcome.

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