Mallory McKeon, Nicole McCoy, Christopher Johnson, Jacqui Allen, Mekibib Altaye, Milan Amin, Semirra Bayan, Peter Belafsky, Brad DeSilva, Greg Dion, Dale Ekbom, Aaron Friedman, Mark Fritz, John Paul Giliberto, Elizabeth Guardiani, Jan Kasperbauer, Brandon Kim, Brittany N Krekeler, Maggie Kuhn, Paul Kwak, Yue Ma, Lyndsay L Madden, Laura Matrka, Ross Mayerhoff, Cyrus Piraka, Clark A Rosen, Meredith Tabangin, Shaun Wahab, Keith Wilson, Carter Wright, VyVy N Young, Gregory Postma, Rebecca J Howell
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to identify trends in postoperative management of persons undergoing surgery for Zenker diverticula (ZD) by evaluating length of stay (LOS), diet on discharge, and imaging with or without surgical complication. METHODS: Prospectively enrolled adult patients with cricopharyngeal muscle dysfunction with diverticula undergoing surgery from August 1, 2017 to February 1, 2023 were included. Data were extracted from a multi-institutional REDCap database, summarizing means, medians, percentages, and frequencies...
December 26, 2023: Laryngoscope