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Autosuture GIA gun: a new application in the treatment of hypopharyngeal diverticula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

D. P. Martin-Hirsch  and
C.J.R. Newbegin
D. P. Martin-Hirsch
Affiliation:
Huddersfield
C.J.R. Newbegin*
Affiliation:
Huddersfield
*
Mr C. J. R. Newbegin, F.R.C.S., ENT Department, The Royal Infirmary, Lindley, Huddersfield HD3 3EA
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Abstarct

A new surgical technuque for the tratementof mederate to large hypopharyngeal diverticula is described, The procedure particularly useful in debilitated patients that it is quick and guarnties closure of the party wall between the pouch and upper oesophagus.

Keywords

Hypopharybgeal diverticulaSurgeruinstrucmentsAutosuture GIA gun
Type
Short Communications
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 8 , August 1993 , pp. 723 - 725
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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