SynthesisWorld journal of surgery2011
Therapeutic strategies for epiphrenic diverticula: systematic review.
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- Current status of minimally invasive surgery for thoracic esophageal diverticula: systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Review
- Bifurcate peroral endoscopic myotomy for the treatment of achalasia with large epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum (with video).Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Epiphrenic Diverticulum in a High-Risk Patient With Esophagogastric Junction Outlet Obstruction.ACG case reports journal · 2026Article
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- Current status of endoscopic treatment for esophageal diverticulum based on diverticular peroral endoscopic myotomy.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2025Review
- Total robotic transhiatal excision for a large left-sided esophageal epiphrenic diverticulum: a case report.Journal of minimally invasive surgery · 2025Article
- Symptomatic Epiphrenic Diverticulum in an Older Patient Successfully Treated Nonsurgically.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2024Article
- Atypical presentation of an epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum 20 years post fundoplication: a case report and review.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Combined thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgery for epiphrenic diverticulum with associated gastroesophageal reflux disease: a case report.Surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Diverticular peroral endoscopic myotomy (D-POEM) for symptomatic oesophageal diverticulum: a multicentre cohort study with a minimum follow-up of 3 years.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- An Epiphrenic Diverticulum with Previous Perforation Excised Laparoscopically.Case reports in surgery · 2024Article
- Precision Endoscopy in Peroral Myotomies for Motility Disorders of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract: Current Insights and Prospective Avenues-A Comprehensive Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Optimal surgical approaches for esophageal epiphrenic diverticulum: literature review and our experience.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- Efficacy and safety of peroral endoscopic myotomy for esophageal diverticula.Endoscopy international open · 2023Article
- Treatment of Achalasia and Epiphrenic Diverticulum.World journal of surgery · 2022Review
- Epiphrenic pulsion diverticulum: an uncommon cause of dysphagia and heartburn.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- A Rare Giant Midesophageal Diverticulum: Fever is the Only Symptom.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Peroral endoscopic myotomy alone is effective for esophageal motility disorders and esophageal epiphrenic diverticulum: a retrospective single-center study.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Per-oral endoscopic myotomy with septotomy for the treatment of distal esophageal diverticula (D-POEM).Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Giant esophageal diverticulum with stenosis treated with mediastinoscopic esophagectomy: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
Most patients with epiphrenic diverticula are asymptomatic. When dysphagia or regurgitation is limited and respiratory complaints are absent, these patients usually can live with the diverticulum left in place. Fewer than one-third of the diverticula produce symptoms severe enough to seek medical attention or to warrant surgery. The purpose of this systematic review was to analyze the therapeutic strategies for epiphrenic diverticula-from a nonsurgical alternative such as endoscopic dilatation for symptomatic patients unfit for surgery, to the traditional approach of surgical resection (left thoracotomy), and finally to the minimally invasive techniques (thoracoscopy, laparoscopy) used more recently. Whatever treatment and approach are used for the patient with epiphrenic diverticula, a tailored protocol always involves detailed study of the esophageal morphology and function.
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