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Case Report

Successful transoral surgical closure of a hypopharyngeal pyriform sinus fistula: a case report

Keisuke YamazakiDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Kaori ShinboriDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan;
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Joe OmataDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan;
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Yusuke YokoyamaDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan;
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Hironori BabaDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan;
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Naotaka AizawaDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan;
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Shigehisa HashimotoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Niigata City General Hospital, Niigata, Japan
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Arata HoriiDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan;
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Pages 84-86 | Received 03 Jul 2016, Accepted 27 Sep 2016, Published online: 24 Oct 2016

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