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Zenker's Diverticulum: A Case Report
Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 2013 Zenker's diverticulum is a rare pulsion diverticulum, the juntion of esophageal -hypopharynx. All patients need to be treated with symptomatic and large diverticulum.
Ahmet Okus, Bekir Gurocak, Serden Ay
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First successful experience of the Zenker's diverticulum endoscopic therapy in Kazakhstan
Клинический разбор в общей медицине, 2020 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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Zenker diverticulum. Report of two atypical cases and review of surgical alternatives [PDF]
, 2014 [ES]Introducción y objetivo: El divertículo de Zenker es una protrusión o hernia de la mucosa faríngea posterior en la unión faringoesofágica. El mecanismo etiopatogénico parece ser la relajación insuficiente del músculo cricofaríngeo.
Casasola Girón, Sandra Marleny +4 more
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Surgery for dysphagia:A patient centered perspective [PDF]
, 2020 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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Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, Volume 10, Issue 5, October 2025.ABSTRACT Objective The upper esophageal sphincter (UES) serves multiple functions in the management of the upper aerodigestive tract. Prior investigations have defined the roles of UES resting and nadir pressures in normal swallowing. The distinctly high‐amplitude UES peak pressures, a patterned feature of pressure propagation in the transition from ...
Molly A. Knigge +3 more
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Look Before You Cut: How a Killian–Jamieson Diverticulum Can Lead to Unnecessary Thyroidectomy
The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
Yi‐Wei Sun +2 more
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Medicare Reimbursement Trends in Zenker's Diverticulectomy
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, Volume 10, Issue 5, October 2025.ABSTRACT Objective To analyze Medicare reimbursement and utilization trends of Zenker's diverticulectomy from 2000 to 2024. Study Design Retrospective cross‐sectional study. Setting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician Fee Schedule (2000–2024) and Part B Medicare Fee‐For‐Service National Summary Data (2000–2022).
George S. Bebawy +5 more
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Diverticulopexia no tratamento do divertículo de Zenker
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de CirurgiõesO divertículo de Zenker é um pseudodivertículo que se origina de um defeito muscular na parede posterior da faringe, na área de transição entre o músculo constritor inferior da faringe e o músculo cricofaringeo. Apesar do avanço das técnicas endoscópicas,
Renato Micelli Lupinacci +2 more
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Zenker's diverticulum: a case report and literature review
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014 The pharyngeal pouch (Zenker's diverticulum) is a diverticulum of the mucosa of the pharynx, just above the cricopharyngeal muscle (i.e. above the upper sphincter of the oesophagus).
Moawia Elbalal +5 more
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Eighty-year-old man with 10 years dysphagia
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2015 Dysphagia is a sensation of food being "stuck" up in its passage from the mouth to stomach. It is of two main types, oropharyngeal dysphagia, and esophageal dysphagia.
Showkat A. Kadla +6 more
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