Post written by Christopher Teshima, MD, PhD, from the Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy and Endoscopic Oncology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We evaluated the outcomes of 240 patients who underwent endoscopic therapy for Zenker’s diverticulum over a 6-year study period at our center. …
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Mucosa-preserving Zenker’s diverticulotomy
Post written by Linda Yun Zhang, MBBS, from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. We present a 78-year-old woman with a short-septum Zenker’s diverticulum successfully treated with a mucosa preserving Zenker’s diverticulotomy. In this technique, in contrast to the original Zenker’s peroral endoscopic myotomy (Z-POEM) technique, mucosal incision and entry …
Diamond-shaped flexible endoscopic myotomy for Zenker’s diverticulum
Luis F. Lara, MD, from Cleveland Clinic Florida, in Weston, Florida, USA describes this VideoGIE case "Diamond-shaped flexible endoscopic cricopharyngeal myotomy for treatment of Zenker's diverticulum." A 93-year-old male with cervical kyphosis and osteophytes presented with progressive dysphagia with weight loss due to enlarging Zenker’s diverticulum (3 cm deep). ENT refused surgery. After endotracheal intubation …
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