Killian-Jamieson diverticulum safely resected using a manual intraoperative neural monitoring system: a case report

Killian-Jamieson diverticulum safely resected using a manual intraoperative neural monitoring system: a case report

Abstract Background Killian-Jamieson diverticulum is a rare pharyngoesophageal diverticulum. The risk of intraoperative injury of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is high during surgical resection of Killian-Jamieson diverticulum because the RLN usually runs next to the base of the diverticulum....

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Main Authors: Ryo Ataka, Shigeru Tsunoda, Saori Goto, Tatsuto Nishigori, Shigeo Hisamori, Kazutaka Obama, Yoshiharu Sakai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-02-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Killian-Jamieson diverticulum
Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum
Intraoperative nerve monitoring
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-00805-0

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