Open diverticulectomy superior to other surgery treatments for Zenker diverticulum: JAMA
USA: A recent review comparing 3 common techniques for Zenker diverticulum (ZD) treatment, found open, transcervical approach to be superior to endoscopic techniques.
According to the study, published in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, found that the open diverticulectomy with cricopharyngeal myotomy showed lowest incidence of persistent or recurrent symptoms following surgery compared to other 2 techniques (endoscopic stapler–assisted and CO 2 laser diverticulotomy).
Zenker diverticulum can cause dysphagia, and the symptoms can return or persist after surgery. This systematic review and network meta-analysis by Neel K. Bhatt, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, and colleagues, appears to be first to compare 3 common surgical techniques for ZD.
The researchers aimed to compare the 3 most common surgical techniques—endoscopic laser-assisted diverticulotomy, endoscopic stapler-assisted diverticulotomy, and transcervical diverticulectomy with cricopharyngeal myotomy—in adult patients with ZD.
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