The robot can break bars with the best of them: a novel approach to treating cricopharyngeal bars with myotomy

JK Kelley, A Vanwyk, GD Fritz, L Sanford… - Surgical …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Failure of the cricopharyngeus to relax results in oropharyngeal dysphagia,
which over time results in hypertrophy and increased risk for aspiration. Open myotomy is …

Flexible Zenker's per-oral endoscopic myotomy

SI Dhar, A Tomkies - Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Zenker's diverticulum is a pulsion-type pseudodiverticulum of the pharyngoesophageal
segment. Endoscopic surgery is primarily directed at dividing the common wall between the …