Renato Salvador, Luca Provenzano, Giulia Bonventre, Cesare Cutrone, Lucia Moletta, Marianna Sari, Andrea Costantini, Francesca Forattini, Arianna Vittori, Michele Valmasoni, Mario Costantini, Giovanni Capovilla
Symptoms of Zenker diverticulum can recur whatever the type of primary treatment administered. A modified transoral stapler-assisted septotomy (TS) was introduced in clinical practice a few years ago to improve the results of this mini-invasive technique. The aim of this prospective, controlled study was to assess the outcome of TS in patients with recurrent Zenker diverticulum (RZD), as compared with patients with treatment-naïve Zenker diverticulum (NZD). Patients diagnosed with NZD or RZD, and treated with TS between 2015 and 2021 were compared...
December 8, 2022: Diseases of the Esophagus: Official Journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus