Zenker's pharyngo-esophageal diverticulum: Diverticulectomy and diverticulopexy
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[Diverticulopexy for the treatment of Zenker's diverticulum].
Zenker's diverticulum is a pseudodiverticulum through a muscular defect in the posterior pharyngeal wall at the area between the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscles of the pharynx and the cricopharyngeus muscle. Although endoscopic techniques have made significant progress, the surgical treatment remains the gold standard. There are two main techniques: diverticulectomy (resection of the di...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Visceral Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1878-7886
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2014.01.004