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Surgery for pharyngeal pouch: audit of management with short- and long-term follow-up
M R Laing1, P Murthy, K W Ah-See
1Department of Otolaryngology, Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
A review was undertaken of 103 patients with pharyngeal pouch presenting over a 10-year period. Management was conservative in 35 patients and 68 patients were treated using external diverticulectomy and cricopharyngeus myotomy. The fistula rate was 8.9% and median hospital stay was 7 days. The results of this large series are compared to other reported series, and a long-term follow-up showing clinical outcome is reported.