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Clinical Insights into Zenker’s Diverticulum: Anatomy, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Evolving Treatments

Anatomia
Background/Objectives: Zenker’s diverticulum (ZD) is a rare but clinically relevant condition. It is a false, pulsion-type diverticulum due to the protrusion of mucosal and submucosal layers through the Killian’s Triangle.
Diego Panci, Francesco Carini, Riccardo Chiodo, Sabrina David, Francesco Cappello, Giovanni Tomasello   +5 more
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Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Stretching in Tracheal Diverticulum: First Documented Mechanism of Hoarseness and Systematic Review of Literatures

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Tracheal diverticulum is a rare paratracheal air cyst. It is often asymptomatic. Large symptomatic cases may compress the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) and cause hoarseness. It is a rare presentation, in < 0.2 cases per year in the world.
Zahra Sadin, Manouchehr Aghajanzadeh, Mohammadreza Sadin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zenker's Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (Z-POEM): The Ideal First Line Therapy for Treatment of Zenker's Diverticulum.

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
OBJECTIVE Zenker's diverticulum is a mucosal herniation at the pharyngoesophageal junction. While open surgical myotomy is the conventional treatment, robust evidence on third-space flexible endoscopic myotomy is lacking.
Vaibhav Gupta, Stephen Gowing, A. Khoja, S. Hasan, S. Higgins, Richard Liu, B. Kidane   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dysphagia Outcomes in Zenker Diverticulum: A Longitudinal POuCH Study

The Laryngoscope, Volume 136, Issue 2, Page 683-687, February 2026.
Surgery for cricopharyngeal muscle dysfunction, including Zenker's diverticula, has been shown to improve quality of life immediately post‐operatively. We present the first analysis of long‐term outcomes using validated, patient‐reported outcome measures.
Ari D. Schuman, Mallory McKeon, Jacqui Allen, Mekibib Altaye, Milan R. Amin, Semirra L. Bayan, Peter C. Belafsky, Jonathan M. Bock, Brad W. DeSilva, Greg Dion, Dale C. Ekbom, Aaron D. Friedman, Mark Fritz, Elizabeth A. Guardiani, Christopher Johnson, Jan Kasperbauer, Brandon Kim, Brittany N. Krekeler, Maggie Kuhn, Paul Kwak, Yue Ma, Lyndsay L. Madden, Laura Matrka, Ross M. Mayerhoff, Cyrus Piraka, Clark Rosen, Meredith Tabangin, Keith Wilson, Vyvy N. Young, Gregory Postma, Rebecca J. Howell   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Look Before You Cut: How a Killian–Jamieson Diverticulum Can Lead to Unnecessary Thyroidectomy

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, Volume 42, Issue 4, April 2026.
Yi‐Wei Sun, Tzu‐Yen Huang, Che‐Wei Wu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound to Find Patent Foramen Ovale Before Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement

Clinical Neuroimaging, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and purpose Detection of patent foramen ovale (PFO) has become important with the increasing use of left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) for advanced heart failure. After LVAD implantation there may be increased right to left shunting through a PFO causing hypoxemia.
Ryan Tudino, Sanjay Anandaram, Patricia Oates, Nabil Matmati, Scott Feitell, Kelly Matmati   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosis and Management of Plummer–Vinson Syndrome in a Female Ghanaian

Case Reports in Hematology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Plummer–Vinson syndrome (PVS), also known as Paterson–Brown Kelly syndrome, is a clinical condition that is characterized by the triad of iron deficiency anemia, dysphagia and oesophageal web. This condition is rare and is diagnosed more in middle aged to older white women. However, in some studies, younger individuals have also been found to have this
Dela Fiawoo, Theophilus Tandoh, Edeghonghon Olayemi, Suraiya Saleem   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bilateral Killian-Jamieson Diverticula: A Case Report and Literature Review

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010
A Killian-Jamieson diverticulum is an outpouching from the lateral wall of the proximal cervical esophagus. These diverticula are rare and are distinct from the more commonly known Zenker’s diverticulum.
René D Boisvert, Drew CG Bethune, David Acton, Denis R Klassen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cricopharyngeal myotomy with thulium laser through flexible endoscopy: proof-of-concept study

Endoscopy International Open, 2018
Background and study aims Endoscopic treatment of Zenker’s diverticulum has proven feasible, but electrocautery and CO2 laser technology carry the risk of collateral thermal injury. Thulium laser septum incision may overcome this limitation.
Stefano Siboni, Alberto Aiolfi, Chiara Ceriani, Gian Eugenio Tontini, Luigi Bonavina   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

ENDOSCOPIC ESOPHAGODIVERTICULOSTOMY IN TREATMENT OF ZENKER’S DIVERTICULUM

Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2018
The objective of the research is to study the efficacy and safety of using a minimally invasive endoscopic method in treatment of Zenker’s diverticulum.Material and methods., 42 patients with a pharyngo-esophageal diverticulum at the age of 59 to 80 ...
A. A. Smirnov, S. U. Dvoreckij, A. V. Prudnikov, A. N. Burakov, S. F. Bagnenko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source