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Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:523-524
© 1992 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Diverticuloplasty for severe mucosal injury after cricopharyngeal myotomy

Lyall A. Gorenstein, MD, Blake C. Papsin, MD, Margot Mackay, ANSCA, Melvyn Goldberg, MD*

Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Division of Biomedical Communications, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Accepted for publication October 21, 1991.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Goldberg, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave. No. 643, Toronto, Ont M5G 1X5, Canada.

Cricopharyngeal myotomy with either diverticulopexy or diverticulectomy is the recommended therapy for Zenker's diverticulum. Mucosal injury during myotomy is rare and usually can be managed by direct mucosal closure. A technique is described to repair a serious mucosal defect that may occur during cricopharyngeal myotomy.






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