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Pharyngeal pouch surgery in north Glasgow: NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) practice or not?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2009

J C L Yeo  and
K MacKenzie
J C L Yeo*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland, UK
K MacKenzie
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr Justin C L Yeo, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0SF, Scotland, UK. E-mail: j_yeo@doctors.org.uk
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Abstract

Aim:

To evaluate endoscopic pharyngeal pouch surgery practice in north Glasgow by comparing it to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendations.

Methods:

We reviewed the case notes of patients who had undergone pharyngeal pouch surgery from 1998 to 2008. Data obtained included patient demographics, procedures performed, complications and outcomes.

Results:

One hundred patient case notes were reviewed. Surgical procedures performed included endoscopic stapling (n = 58), endoscopic laser surgery (26), external excision (one), cricopharyngeal myotomy (two) and pharyngoscopy with dilatation (three). Endoscopic stapling was abandoned in 10 patients (14.7 per cent), three of whom declined further surgery. There was a 2.2 per cent perforation rate for endoscopic procedures. Twenty-one per cent of patients required further surgery.

Conclusion:

Our practice was not in keeping with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendations. Our complication rates were similar to other published series, although our rates for abandoned and revision procedures were higher. We suggest that pharyngeal pouch surgical procedures should be undertaken only by otolaryngologists with a primary head and neck interest.

Keywords

Zenker's DiverticulumEndoscopic Surgical ProcedureSurgical Stapling

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 124 , Issue 5 , May 2010 , pp. 533 - 537
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2009

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Footnotes

Presented at the Scottish Otolaryngology Society Summer Meeting, 7–8 May 2009, Pitlochry, Scotland, UK.

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