this procedure since 1935. 15 He used a specially designed double lipped hypopharyngoscope inserting the upper lip into the oesophagus and the shorter lower lip into the diverticulum, coagulated the common septumwith insulated forceps, and divided it using a diathermy knife and electrocautery instrume...
2College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University California In this case, a patient with a symptomatic Zenker’s diverticulum is treated with an endoscopic staple-assisted diverticulotomy. The clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, surgical procedure, and postoperative care are highlighted. Zenker’...
diverticulectomy, esophageal diseases, esophageal surgery, Zenker diverticulumThe purpose of this retrospective study is to show that transcervical diverticulectomy (TD) in treatment of Zenker diverticulum (ZD) can still be a first choice procedure in selected patients and in experienced hands its ...
Surgery is the usual treatment method, as no medications currently exist for Zenker’s diverticulum. There are two main types of surgical repair: open and transoral (endoscopic ). In open surgery, an incision is made in the neck and the diverticulum is either removed or tacked upside down so...
This can be repeated until the diverticulum is wide open. Although the radiographic picture is not pretty, the functional results are excellent. The patient can eat and is sent home the same day, and extensive surgery is avoided. This is all the more important because many of these pa...
12-14 Transoral treatment of Zenker diverticulum has largely been employed since the beginning of this century. However, division of the common wall by stapling is an innovative procedure that appears simpler and safer than electrocoagulation or laser. This is a 1-stage operation, requires a few ...
Conclusion: Although it has a "benign" pathology, the esophageal diverticulum requires complex surgical procedure that implies significant morbidity. 展开 关键词: diverticulectomy diverticulopexy esophageal diverticulum Zenker 被引量: 18 年份: 2012 ...
zenker's diverticulumThis is a report of our institutional experience regarding pharyngoesophageal diverticula formation following anterior cervical spine surgery (ACSS). It is a retrospective chart review of institutional patients from January 2008 to May 2020. Patients at our institution were identified...
Flexible endoscopic therapy of Zenker’s diverticulum using submucosal tunneling (Z-POEM) similar to esophageal Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) is
Zenkers diverticulum is a pulsion diverticulum seen at the level of the pharyngoesophageal junction, and is rare in Japan. Although worldwide diverticulopexy has been the procedure of choice on a par with diverticulectomy, in Japan the most common procedure has been diverticulectomy, and use ...