Cricopharyngeal Myotomy; a Rescue Surgery for Dysphagia in Lateral Medullary Syndrome

Lateral medullary syndrome/Wallenberg syndrome, is a neurological disorder occurring due to ischemia in the lateral part of medullary oblongata resulting in wide range of symptoms. Dysphagia is usually exhibited in severe and persistent form in LMS. Hence timely intervention is mandatory before the...

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Autores principales: Shenoy S, Vijendra, K, Kshithi, Parvathareddy, Navya, Dhawan, Saksham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2022
Materias:
Clinical Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10235379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37275090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-022-03165-3
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Sumario:Lateral medullary syndrome/Wallenberg syndrome, is a neurological disorder occurring due to ischemia in the lateral part of medullary oblongata resulting in wide range of symptoms. Dysphagia is usually exhibited in severe and persistent form in LMS. Hence timely intervention is mandatory before the patient further worsens. We describe a case of Lateral medullary syndrome with persisitent dysphagia who was managed successfully with cricopharyngeal myotomy.

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