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Endoscopic management of Zenker’s diverticulum: stapling vs. Z-POEM

Author(s) -

Raffaele Cerchione,

Paolo Parise,

Greta Olivari,

Andrea Cossu,

Lavinia Barbieri,

Marco Palucci,

Lorenzo Cinelli,

Francesco Puccetti,

Riccardo Rosati

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

shanghai chest

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2521-3768

DOI - 10.21037/shc.2020.01.04

Subject(s) - zenker's diverticulum , diverticulum (mollusc) , medicine , surgery , general surgery , art , dysphagia

Zenker’s diverticulum (ZD) is a protrusion of the pharyngeal mucosa and submucosa through Killian’s triangle, between the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle and the cricopharyngeal muscle. The underling mechanism of formation is the pulsion against a dyscinetic upper esophageal sphincter (UES). It is a rare disorder and mostly affects elderly people, but still, it is the most frequent esophageal diverticulum. Its incidence is reported to be Review Article

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