A Case of a Giant Epiphrenic Esophageal Diverticulum

Yankov, G.; Mekov, E.; Kovacheva, M.; Vladimirov, B.; Petkov, R.

A Case of a Giant Epiphrenic Esophageal Diverticulum

Acta Medica Bulgarica

Volume 47 (2020): Issue 1 (May 2020)

By:

G. Yankov, E. Mekov, M. Kovacheva, B. Vladimirov and R. Petkov

Open Access

|May 2020

References

1. Belsey R. Functional disease of the esophagus. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg1966;52:164-88.10.1016/S0022-5223(19)43430-2
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
2. Thomas ML, Anthony AA, Fosh BG et al. Oesophageal diver-ticula. Br J Surg 2001;88:629-62.10.1046/j.1365-2168.2001.01733.x
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
3. Reznik SI, Rice TW, Murthy SC et al. Assessment of a patho-physiology-directed treatment for symptomatic epiphrenic diverticulum. Dis Esophagus 2007;20(4):320-7.10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00716.x
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
4. Altorki NK, Sunagawa M, Skinner DB. Thoracic esophageal diverticula. Why is operation necessary? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993;105(2):260-4.10.1016/S0022-5223(19)33810-3
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
5. Varghese TK Jr, Marshall B, Chang AC et al. Surgical treatment of epiphrenic diverticula: a 30-year experience. Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84(6):1801-9.10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.057
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
6. Macke RA, Luketich JD, Pennathur A, et al. Thoracic esophageal diverticula: a 15-year experience of minimally invasive surgical management. Ann Thorac Surg 2015;100(5):1795-802.10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.122
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
7. Tapias LF, Morse CR, Mathisen DJ, et al. Surgical management of esophageal epiphrenic diverticula: a transthoracic approach over four decades. Ann Thorac Surg 2017;104(4):1123-30.10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.017
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
8. Caronia FP, Fiorelli A, Santini M, Monte AI Lo. Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery resection of a giant midesophageal diverticulum. Ann Thorac Surg 2017;103(4):e365-e367.10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.09.054
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
9. Chandeze M-M, Gayet B, Cowan J et al. Resection of an esophageal diverticulum by thoracoscopy in prone position. Ann Thorac Surg 2019;107(2):e153-e156.10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.08.048
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
10. Soares R, Herbella FA, Prachand VN et al. Epiphrenic diverticulum of the esophagus. From pathophysiology to treatment. J Gastrointest Surg 2010;14(12):2009-15.10.1007/s11605-010-1216-9
Search in Google Scholar Back to article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2020-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2719-5384 | Journal ISSN: 0324-1750

Journal RSS Feed

Language: English

Page range: 56 - 59

Submitted on: Feb 1, 2019

Accepted on: Feb 1, 2019

Published on: May 21, 2020

Published by: Sofia Medical University

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

epiphrenic diverticula,

myotomy,

diverticulectomy,

antireflux procedure

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Basic medical science,

Immunology,

Clinical medicine,

Clinical medicine, other

© 2020 G. Yankov, E. Mekov, M. Kovacheva, B. Vladimirov, R. Petkov, published by Sofia Medical University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Previous article Volume 47 (2020): Issue 1 (May 2020)Next article