Еndoscopic staple diverticulostomy for Zenker¢s diverticulum: easy way for difficult cases
The choice of the method of surgical treatment of patients with diverticulum of the pharyngeal-esophageal junction is a subject of discussion. The main method of radical treatment in Russia is open surgery - resection or intussusception of the diverticulum into the lumen of the esophagus with myotomy of the lower portion of the cricopharyngeal muscle. This is a case of surgery treatment of Zenker¢s diverticulum. Woman, 42 years old, previously operated twice using cervical surgical cut-down approach. Before admission to the hospital, she suffered from dysphagia for 4 years. At Main Military Clinical Hospital named after N.N. Burdenko patient underwent transoral esophagodiverticulostomy with good clinical effect.