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cricopharyngeal
(redirected from cricopharyngeal myotomy)

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cri·co·pha·ryn·geal (krk-f-rnjl, -frn-jl)
adj.
Relating to the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx.
cricopharyngeal
[krī′kōfərin′jē·əl]
Etymology: Gk, krikos + pharynx, throat
pertaining to the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx.
cricopharyngeal
pertaining to the cricoid cartilage and pharynx.
cricopharyngeal dysphagia
see cricopharyngeal achalasia.
cricopharyngeal myotomy
a surgical procedure for the treatment of cricopharyngeal achalasia; involves severance of the median raphe between cricopharyngeus muscles on the dorsal aspect of the larynx.


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1) His initial surgery had been performed 2 decades earlier; at that time, he underwent a cricopharyngeal myotomy and suspension of the diverticulum superiorly to the cervical fascia (diverticulopexy).
Barium esophagogram of a Zenker's diverticulopexy by Scher, Richard L. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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