Combined Anterior Osteophytectomy and Cricopharyngeal Myotomy for Treatment of DISH-Associated Dysphagia

Study Design: Retrospective observational case series. Objective: To assess the outcome of patients with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) with dysphagia who underwent cricopharyngeal myotomy (CPM) in conjunction with anterior osteophytectomy (OP). Methods: This is a retrospective obse...

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Veröffentlicht in:Global spine journal 2022-06, Vol.12 (5), p.877-882
Hauptverfasser: Hines, Kevin, Elmer, Nicholas, Detweiler, Maxwell, Fatema, Umma, Gonzalez, Glenn A., Montenegro, Thiago S., Franco, Daniel, Prasad, Srinivas, Jallo, Jack, Sharan, Ashwini, Heller, Joshua, Boon, Maurits, Spiegel, Joseph, Harrop, James
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Zusammenfassung:Study Design: Retrospective observational case series. Objective: To assess the outcome of patients with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) with dysphagia who underwent cricopharyngeal myotomy (CPM) in conjunction with anterior osteophytectomy (OP). Methods: This is a retrospective observational study of 9 patients that received combined intervention by neurosurgeons and otolaryngologists. Inclusion criteria for surgery consisted of patients who failed to respond to conservative treatments for dysphagia and had evidence of both upper esophageal dysfunction and osteophyte compression. We present the largest series in literature to date including patients undergoing combined OP and CPM. Results: A total of 88.9% (8/9) of the patients who underwent OP and CPM showed improvement in their symptoms. Of the aforementioned group, 22.2% of these patients had complete resolution of their symptoms, 11.1% did not improve, and only 2 patients showed recurrence of their symptoms. None of the patients in whom surgery was performed required reoperation or suffered serious complication related to the surgical procedures. Conclusion: Based on the literature results, high rate of improvements in dysphagia, and low rate of complications, combined OP and CPM procedures may be beneficial to a carefully selected group of patients.
ISSN:2192-5682
2192-5690
DOI:10.1177/2192568220967358