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Dysphagia

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Total laryngectomy remains the procedure of choice for definitive treatment of life-threatening aspirations. A Zenker’s diverticulum is located above the upper esophageal sphincter at Killian’s triangle (between cricophargyngeal sphincter and inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle).

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA

    Jennifer Alyono M.D. & Anaïs Rameau M.D.

  2. Division of Laryngology, Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, 801 Welch Rd., MC 5739, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    C. Kwang Sung M.D., M.S.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Fred Lin

  2. Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Zara Patel

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Alyono, J., Rameau, A., Sung, C.K. (2014). Dysphagia. In: Lin, F., Patel, Z. (eds) ENT Board Prep. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8354-0_29

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