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Endoscopic management of a bleeding Zenker's diverticulum: A case report. [PDF]
Sellayah R, Gurusinghe N.
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First successful experience of the Zenker's diverticulum endoscopic therapy in Kazakhstan
Zenker's diverticulum tends to occur in the elderly and is generally a relatively rare disorder; the prevalence of Zenker's diverticulum is 1.5–5% of all esophageal diverticula. Men are affected 2-3 times more frequently than women.
Kanat Batyrbekov +2 more
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An esophageal diverticulum is rare and is usually asymptomatic, although this condition may cause dysphagia, regurgitation, chest pain, globus, halitosis, and aspiration pneumonia.
Cheol Min Shin
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Submucosal endoscopy: the present and future [PDF]
Submucosal endoscopy or third-space endoscopy utilizes the potential space between the mucosal and muscularis layers of the gastrointestinal tract to execute therapeutic interventions for various diseases.
Zaheer Nabi, Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy
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Surgical treatment of Zenker’s diverticulum in older patients [PDF]
Zenker’s diverticulum is a cause of benign dysphagia. The main symptoms include dysphagia and regurgitation and require diagnostics to exclude neoplastic disease. Surgical treatment is recommended for symptomatic patients.
Włodarczyk, Alicja, Włodarczyk, Janusz
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Lingua villosa nigra in a patient with a Zenker's diverticulum
Lingua villosa nigra (LVN), also called black hairy tongue, is a common benign condition with many known predisposing factors. When LVN shows no or modest improvement after conservative treatment, additional examinations should be performed to identify ...
C. Politis +4 more
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Surgery for dysphagia:A patient centered perspective [PDF]
Background: Our prospective cohort study assesses patient-reported outcomes following an open approach (cricopharyngeal myotomy with pouch inversion) or endoscopic stapling (ES) of pharyngeal pouches.Methods: Patients with pharyngeal pouches who were ...
Allison, Robert +4 more
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Rare case of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion complication in a patient with Zenker's diverticulum [PDF]
none4noWe present a case of Zenker's diverticulum in a 45-year-old woman, occurred as complication after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for a cervical spine injury. The oesophageal complication occurred 12 months after vertebral cervical surgery
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The role of upper GI flexible endoscopy in management of large pharyngeal pouches [PDF]
Pharyngeal pouch operations are commonly performed in ENT.
Majumdar, Samit +4 more
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Laser diverticulotomy for Zenker's diverticulum-does it improve quality of life? [PDF]
To determine quality of life (QoL) in individuals with dysphagia related to identified Zenker’s diverticulum before (T1) and one year after undergoing endoscopic laser diverticulotomy surgery (T2).
Brøndbo, Kjell +2 more
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