## Abstract ## Objectives: Over the past 10 years, endoscopic cricopharyngeal myotomy laser surgery has been proposed as an alternative to transcervical cricopharyngeal myotomy. We will describe the technique and review the literature so that it may gain credence as a viable option for the treatme
Endoscopic CO2laser-assisted surgery for cricopharyngeal dysfunction
✍ Scribed by Georges Lawson; Marc Remacle; Jacques Jamart; Jérôme Keghian
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Volume
- 260
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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