Odynophagia surgery
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Conditions causing pain on swallowing such as tumors, chronic inflammation inducing stricture, neuropathies not responding to medications or rings may need surgery to relive narrowing. As narrowing is resolved then food passage is smooth and pain is relived. Most of the conditions not responding to medication benefits with balloon dilation of narrowing.
Surgical treatment of odynophagia:
Following are conditions that in which patient benefits from surgery or ballon dilation:
- Achalasia cardia
- Esophageal cancer
- Myasthenia gravis not responding to medication benefits with balloon dilation
- Zenkers diverticulum
- Aortic aneurysm
- lung cancer
- Esophageal perforation
- Esophageal cancer
- Esophagotracheal fistula
- Retropharyngeal abscess
- Supraglottic laryngeal cancer
- Esophageal atresia
- Intramural pseudodiverticulosis
- Schatzki ring
- Elongated styloid process
- Extreme spinal curvature
- Bronchial carcinoma
- Carcinoma of the vocal tract
- Carotid body tumor
- Esophageal cancer
- Gastric tumors
- Hypopharyngeal cancer
- Laryngeal cancer
- Oral cancer
- Palate cancer
- Supraglottic laryngeal cancer
- Aspiration of foreign body