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Diagnostic approach and treatment of Zenker's diverticulum [PDF]
Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum have many subtypes, Zenker's diverticulum being the most common of them. Accounting from 70 to 75% of all esophageal diverticula. The 50% of these occur between the seventh and eighth decade of life.
Montes, Jose Ignacio Diego Perez +3 more
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Вестник хирургии имени И.И. ГрековаINTRODUCTION. The Zenker’s diverticulum is a protrusion of the wall of the pharyngeal-esophageal junction from the area of the Killian triangle as a result of persistent spasm of the cricopharyngeal muscle.
F. P. Vetshev +5 more
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Zenker’s diverticulum and squamous esophageal cancer: a case report
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, 2017 Zenker’s diverticulum represents a rare esophageal lesion developed especially in the elderly population due to herniation of esophageal mucosa above the cricopharyngeus muscle.
Ion Dina +6 more
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Zenker's Diverticulum in Japan
The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1969 In the last ten years, three cases of Zenker's diverticulum were found in our department. All of them were those of Japanese females. Two of them were of the second type of Brombert's classification, and one was of the first type. The roentgenological frequency of this condition was about 0.03 per cent in recent years in our department.
Yamasaki, Michio +4 more
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, 2017 Background:Pharyngoesophageal diverticula have many subtypes, with Zenker's diverticulum being the most common. First described in 1983, a Killian–Jamieson diverticulum is an outpouching in the anterolateral wall at the pharyngoesophageal junction.
K E Stewart, D R K Smith, S L Woolley
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Endoscopy International Open, 2016 Background: Zenker’s diverticulum is a rare disease in the general population. Its treatment can be carried out by either an endoscopic or surgical approach.
Débora V. Albers +8 more
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Giant Zenker's diverticulum with esophageal obstruction and severe aspiration pneumonia
Клинический разбор в общей медицине, 2023 Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum, or Zenker's diverticulum (ZD), is a rare pathology. With small diverticula that do not cause inflammation in the esophagus, the patient may not have any complaints or may only have a slight cough.
Olga S. Arisheva +4 more
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Unintentional Weight Loss Does Not Predict Poor Outcomes in Zenker Diverticulum
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.In this study of 427 patients with Zenker's diverticulum, 23.6% had significant unintentional preoperative weight loss. Weight loss was associated with preoperative dysphagia and with both the smallest and largest pouches. Postoperative outcomes were similar in patients with and without weight loss, demonstrating a similar efficacy and safety profile ...
Ari D. Schuman +31 more
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Zenker's diverticulum in childhood
, 2000 Zenker's diverticulum (ZD) is a very rare pathology in childhood and to date only few pediatric cases have been reported in literature. Herein we report on a case of ZD with cervical abscess formation and oral purulent drainage in a 6-year old girl with ...
Önen, A +6 more
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Carcinoma epidermóide "in situ" em divertículo de Zenker
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de CirurgiõesThe epidermoid carcinoma "in situ" in a Zenker's diverticulum is a rare disease. The goal of this work is to report one case of epidermoid carcinoma "in situ" in a Zenker's diverticulum of long lasting symptomatology, treated by conservative surgery.
José Luís Braga de Aquino +2 more
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