Figure 15 - Method of endoscopic cricopharyngeal myotomy.
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Surgical intervention and treatment of oral, pharyngeal motor disorders
Eugene A. Chu and James H. Kelly
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo51
a: Diverticuloscope advanced so upper lip is within esophagus and lower lip is within diverticulum. b:View through diverticuloscope. Cautery, laser, or a stapling device is used to divide the common party wall between the outpouching and the esophagus. (Source: Shapiro J, Van Overbeek J. Endoscopic laser cricopharyngeal myotomy. Oper Tech Otolaryngol–Head Neck Surg 1997;8(4):209-212 with permission.)
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