Esophageal Diverticulum

01/01/2015 - "A 47-year-old man was found to have a 3-cm epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum on an upper gastrointestinal (UGI) barium study. "
02/01/1986 - "Barium studies showed an esophageal diverticulum, reduced esophageal and gastric motility, and a dilated small bowel and colon. "
03/01/2002 - "Barium esophagram identified the presence of a large distal esophageal diverticulum. "
02/01/1990 - "Barium esophagogram revealed a fistulous tract between the esophageal diverticulum and the right lower lobe bronchus. "
09/01/1980 - "In one of them, a follow-up barium esophagogram showed a large esophageal diverticulum located where a previous fistulous opening had closed."

10/01/2002 - "Re: Famularo--esophageal perforation in a patient with esophageal diverticulum on daily alendronate."

03/01/2002 - "Silicosis, foreign body ingestion, lye ingestion, bronchogenic cyst, esophageal diverticulum, and a congenital anomaly caused BEF in 1 patient each. "

01/01/1982 - "There were other heterogeneous associated clinical features in all the cases: diabetes in one case; "esophageal diverticula", xerophthalmia, low figures of C.4 and antinuclear antibodies in serum in another case; hyperuricaemia and hypertriglyceridemia a in another case; hepatic cirrhosis and ferropenic anaemia in the other case."

09/01/2012 - "We report on a patient who presented with a symptomatic esophagobronchial fistula arising from an esophageal diverticulum with recurrent pulmonary infections despite prophylactic antibiotics. "

05/01/2007 - "[Aberrant right subclavian artery and esophageal diverticulum]."

10/01/2009 - "Many of these symptoms mimic less serious disease, making diagnosis of esophageal diverticulum difficult for many primary care physicians. "

01/01/1966 - "[Surgical treatment of esophageal diverticula by the invagination method with the use of Lavsan mesh]."

06/01/2009 - "The purpose of this study is to characterize the esophageal motor and lower esophageal sphincter (LES) abnormalities associated with epiphrenic esophageal diverticula and analyze outcomes for laparoscopic esophageal diverticulectomy, myotomy, and partial fundoplication. "
01/01/2015 - "Resection of the epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum, myotomy, and fundoplication (the Heller-Dor procedure) were successfully performed and no postoperative symptoms were encountered. "
01/01/2013 - "Recently, we successfully treated a patient with an epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum by performing a minimally invasive laparoscopic transhiatal resection and Heller myotomy with Dor fundoplication after observing its enlargement on radiological and endoscopic examinations over 2 years. "
01/01/2006 - "Laparoscopic long esophagomyotomy with Dor's fundoplication using a transhiatal approach for an epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum."
02/01/1998 - "Diverticulectomy, myotomy, and fundoplication through laparoscopy: a new option to treat epiphrenic esophageal diverticula?"

12/01/2012 - "Esophageal diverticula are uncommon lesions that are usually classified according to their location (cervical, thoracic, or epiphrenic), or underlying pathogenesis (pulsion or traction), and their morphology (true or false).The majority of esophageal diverticula are acquired lesions that occur predominantly in elderly adults. "
04/01/2010 - "Traction mid-esophageal diverticulum associated with Pott's spinal caries."
12/01/2012 - "Traction esophageal diverticulum: a rare cause of gastro-intestinal bleeding."
04/01/2010 - "Chest computed tomography and esophageal endoscopy demonstrated evidence of spinal caries and traction mid-esophageal diverticulum associated with kyphosis of the spine. "
09/01/2003 - "Most parabronchial esophageal diverticula are traction diverticula, and resection is thought to be unnecessary. "

01/01/2007 - "Thoracotomy or thoracoscopy with resection and myotomy is the most common reported approach for the surgical treatment of epiphrenic esophageal diverticula. "
04/01/1992 - "The importance of the long esophageal myotomy extended on to the cardia through a left thoracotomy, and of a good antireflux procedure after the myotomy, in the treatment of thoracic esophageal diverticula is emphasized."
07/01/1979 - "[Method of detecting esophageal diverticula during thoracotomy]."
07/01/1979 - "[Method of detecting an esophageal diverticulum during a thoracotomy]."
09/05/2006 - "Major complications occurred in 45 cases (3.56%), including air-leak lasting more than 7 days in 30 cases, post-operative bleeding in 4 cases (3 of which received VATS once more for hemostasis and the other underwent thoracotomy), hydrothorax or pneumothorax in 3 cases that underwent water-closed drainage, esophageal mucous rupture in 4 cases with achalasia and one case with leiomyoma, all of which underwent repair immediately, infection of pleural cavity in one case after the resection of esophageal diverticulum, and pneumonia in one case after LVRS. "

05/01/2001 - "This article discusses esophageal diverticula, treatment modalities, and the perioperative care of patients with Zenker's diverticula."

08/01/2004 - "This case report describes a 63-year-old woman with a symptomatic mid-esophageal diverticulum, which was successfully treated by endoscopic diverticulotomy using a needle-knife through a flexible endoscope."