What is cricopharyngeal bar? The cricopharyngeus muscle is located at the junction of the pharynx (throat) and esophagus, and is the major muscular component of what is called the upper esophageal sphincter (UES). At rest, the UES closes the passageway between the pharynx and esophagus.
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The most common symptom produced by the CP dysfunction is pharyngeal dysphagia (the sensation of food getting stuck in the neck within about a second of swallowing). When severe, patients might have weight loss or even aspiration of food that is not cleared from the pharynx. How is cricopharyngeal bar diagnosed?
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Esophageal motility refers to contractions occurring in the esophagus, which propel the food bolus forward toward the stomach. When contractions in the esophagus become irregular, unsynchronized or absent, the patient is said to have esophageal dysmotility.
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Cricopharyngeal achalasia is a rare clinical entity in which upper esophageal sphincter (cricopharyngeus) does not open adequately during swallowing leading to dysphagia. Barium swallow reveals a smooth posterior impression of cricopharyngeus at C6 level.
Dysmotility is a condition in which muscles of the digestive system become impaired and changes in the speed, strength or coordination in the digestive organs occurs. In the normal small intestine, liquefied food and secretions including digestive enzymes are pushed onwards by waves of muscular contraction.
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At rest, the UES closes the passageway between the pharynx and esophagus. It protects the airway and lungs from damaging stomach contents that might be refluxed up through the esophagus into the throat. When something is swallowed, the cricopharyngeus relaxes and opens allowing what was ingested to be swept from the pharynx into the esophagus.
Cricopharyngeal myotomy can be performed via open neck surgery through a left cervical incision to expose and transect the muscle, or with an endoscope to identify the thick muscle and cut it with a laser.
The most common symptom produced by the CP dysfunction is pharyngeal dysphagia (the sensation of food getting stuck in the neck within about a second of swallowing). When severe, patients might have weight loss or even aspiration of food that is not cleared from the pharynx.
What causes cricopharyngeal bar? The cricopharyngeal (CP) bar can form from a thickening of the cricopharyngeus muscle caused by replacement of its muscle with fibrous connective. This is thought by many to be a reaction to chronic reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus.
If the patient is no symptoms, no therapy is needed. Symptomatic bars can be treated with dilation or myotomy. Dilation can be accomplished with Savary dilators passed over a guide wire or through-the-scope balloon dilators positioned visually at the time of endoscopy.