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This study aims to determine the prevalence of PES webs in patients undergoing endoscopic laryngeal surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This retrospective cohort study included patients undergoing laryngoscopy for pathology unrelated to webs. Evaluation for the presence of a web was performed on standard\/routine examination of the PES during direct laryngoscopy. Demographic and clinical factors were analyzed for associations with webs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 123 patients included in this study, 42 (34.1%) were found to have a PES web. A total of 22 webs (52.4%) were on the left, 16 (38.1%) were on the right, and 4 (9.5%) were bilateral. There was no difference in age (58.1 vs. 58.7, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.864) or BMI (29.7 vs. 29.8, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.900) between patients with and without PES webs. Webs were significantly more common in patients with a history of irradiation to the head and neck (70% vs. 31%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.031) with a RR of 2.26 (CI: 1.38\u20133.69). There was no association of webs with gender, race, history of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or other clinical factors. Only 33.3% of patients with a web had documented symptoms of dysphagia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>PES webs may be more prevalent than what is historically cited in the literature, and webs may be more common in patients with a history of irradiation to the head and neck.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Level of Evidence<\/jats:title><jats:p>4.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/lary.32282","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,19]],"date-time":"2025-05-19T08:32:49Z","timestamp":1747643569000},"page":"3594-3599","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Prevalence of Esophageal Webs in Patients Undergoing Direct Laryngoscopy"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"135","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0701-3341","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zao M.","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2014Head &amp; Neck Surgery University of Texas Health San Antonio  San Antonio Texas USA"},{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2014Head &amp; Neck Surgery Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University  Augusta Georgia USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Savannah M.","family":"Stockton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2014Head &amp; Neck Surgery Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University  Augusta Georgia USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Evan C.","family":"Compton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2014Head &amp; Neck Surgery Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University  Augusta Georgia USA"},{"name":"Department of Surgery, Section of Otolaryngology\u2014Head &amp; Neck Surgery University of Calgary  Calgary Alberta Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jennifer J.","family":"Butler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2014Head &amp; Neck Surgery Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University  Augusta Georgia USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christopher M.","family":"Johnson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2014Head &amp; Neck Surgery Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University  Augusta Georgia USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gregory N.","family":"Postma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2014Head &amp; Neck Surgery Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University  Augusta Georgia USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_8_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00004836\u2010199812000\u201000003"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1442\u20102050.2003.00316.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11605\u2010015\u20103051\u20105"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2147\/IJGM.S278999"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/lary.27529"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00455\u2010010\u20109304\u20102"},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_2_8_8_1","first-page":"10","article-title":"Webs and Web\u2010Like Formations in the Pharynx and Cervical Esophagus","volume":"52","author":"Ekberg O.","year":"1983","journal-title":"Diagnostic Imaging"},{"volume-title":"Barium Swallow","year":"2024","author":"Chen A.","key":"e_1_2_8_9_1"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00455\u2010013\u20109463\u2010z"},{"issue":"43","key":"e_1_2_8_11_1","first-page":"188","article-title":"Results of Savary\u2010Gilliard Dilatation in the Management of Cervical Web of Esophagus","volume":"49","author":"Sreenivas D. 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