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An Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy Designed to Minimize Anastomotic Complications and Optimize Conduit Function
Published on: April 17, 2020
Laparoscopic resection of an epiphrenic diverticulum of the esophagus
1Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University Hospital, Langenbeckstrasse 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany. Heintz@ach.klinik.uni-mainz.de
Surgical Endoscopy
|March 17, 2001
Abstract:
Diverticulectomy of epiphrenic diverticula of the esophagus is conventionally performed via left thoracotomy. We report the case of a 57-year-old man who presented with an epiphrenic diverticulum that was resected using a transperitoneal laparoscopic technique.
