ArticleClinical endoscopy2025
Flexible endoscopic treatment of Zenker's diverticulum: a retrospective study in a single center from Turkey.
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- Current status of endoscopic treatment for esophageal diverticulum based on diverticular peroral endoscopic myotomy.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2025Review
- Comments on 'Flexible endoscopic treatment of Zenker's diverticulum: a retrospective study in a single center from Turkey'.Clinical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Endoscopic management of hypopharyngeal diverticulum: septotomy versus Zenker's diverticulum per-oral endoscopic myotomy?Clinical endoscopy · 2025Article
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aimsWe aimed to contribute to the literature by sharing the findings of patients treated by cricopharyngeal myotomy with a flexible endoscopic septal division.
methodsThis retrospective study included patients with Zenker's diverticulum who underwent cricopharyngeal myotomy with a traditional flexible endoscopic septal division at our center. Clinical success was defined as a significant reduction in dysphagia score, and relapse was defined as an increase in dysphagia score occurring at any time over 1 month after the procedure.
resultsFifteen patients with symptomatic Zenker's diverticulum were treated with 16 cricopharyngeal myotomies. A dysphagia score of 100% indicated clinical success, but three (20%) of the patients experienced recurrence during follow-up.
conclusionsWhile advances in interventional flexible endoscopy have opened doors for novel treatments, cricopharyngeal myotomy based on traditional flexible endoscopic septal division remains a reliable approach for treating Zenker's diverticulum.
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