Cricopharyngeal myotomy for cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction after esophagectomy.

Shinichiro KobayashiKen TaniguchiFujinobu TanakaShigeto MaedaTakanori HirayamaTakayuki TokunagaHiroaki TakeshitaShiro MiuraTamotsu Kuroki

Published in: Surgical case reports (2020)

Dysphagia after esophagectomy was worsened by cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction. Cricopharyngeus myotomy may lead to long improvement of pharyngo-oesophageal dysphagia after esophagetomy.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
oxidative stress
minimally invasive