Endoscopic carbon dioxide laser cricopharyngeal myotomy for relief of oropharyngeal dysphagia divides the cricopharyngeal muscle via an endoscope using a carbon dioxide laser, as an alternative to ...

a: Cricopharyngeal bar visible anterior to Zenker's diverticulum (arrow). b: After laser cricopharyngeal myotomy, with diverticulum open into esophagus.

Dysphagia occurs in more than 50 percent of patients with Parkinson's disease. 1 Although all the phases of swallowing can be involved, dysphagia due to hyperactivity of the upper esophageal sphincter ...

This section describes efficacy outcomes from the published literature that the Committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see ...