Publications by authors named "J K Kasperbauer"
Article Synopsis
- This study looked at why some patients don't feel better after surgery for Zenker Diverticulum, a throat condition.
- Researchers followed 184 patients and found that 12% of them didn't improve much.
- They discovered that having another problem called a hiatal hernia was common in those who didn't improve, suggesting that doctors should check for other issues before surgery to help these patients.
Objective: Analyze the duration of symptom-free intervals following laser wedge excision (LWE) for recurrent idiopathic subglottic stenosis (iSGS). Secondary aim includes evaluating the influence of patient-related or disease factors.
Study Design: Retrospective review.
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.
Article Synopsis
- * Results showed significant improvement in eating-related symptoms, with 66% of patients reporting complete improvement, and endoscopic treatments had a median improvement of 93.3%, while open procedures reported 100%.
- * The findings suggest that while both methods are effective, open surgery might offer slightly better symptom relief but comes with a higher complication rate compared to endoscopic management.
The North American Airway Collaborative (NoAAC) previously published a 3-year multi-institutional prospective cohort study showing variation in treatment effectiveness between 3 primary surgical techniques for idiopathic subglottic stenosis (iSGS). In this report, we update these findings to include 5 years of data evaluating treatment effectiveness. Patients in the NoAAC cohort were re-enrolled for 2 additional years and followed using the prespecified published protocol.
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