Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction in Adults

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Upper Esophageal Sphincter

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03598933

7053

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the study, after reviewing the recent literature, is to corroborate the thesis of the authors considering the injection of botulinum toxin as a gesture that is both diagnostic and therapeutic in the disorders of the Upper Esophageal Sphincter and reinforce the results already published with a larger series of patients.

Enrollment: 28 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Man or woman whose age older than 18 years
• Dysphagia with solids and / or liquids
• Dysfunction of primary or secondary Upper Esophageal Sphincter with indirect video-fibroscopy and / or video-fluoroscopy and / or high resolution pharyngo-oesophageal manometry
• Subject having at least one injection of botulinum toxin A in the crico-pharyngeal muscle for Upper Esophageal Sphincter dysfunction in the ENT department and cervico-facial surgery of Hautepierre.
• Subject who has consented to the use of his data from his medical file for the purpose of this research

Exclusion criteria

• Myotomy in the first place
• Refusal of the subject to participate in the study
• Subject under the protection of justice
• Subject under guardianship or curatorship