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A laparoscopic approach for the treatment of lower third esophageal diverticula
Matthias Anthuber1, Max Mayr, Helmut Messmann
1Department of Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. matthias.anthuber@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
Langenbeck'S Archives of Surgery
|March 27, 2002
Abstract:
Diverticula in the middle and lower thirds of the esophagus are a rare disorder, frequently associated with esophageal motility disturbances. For symptomatic patients transthoracic diverticulectomy with or without Heller's myotomy is recommended. Here we report two cases of symptomatic esophageal diverticula which were both treated successfully by a laparoscopic transhiatal approach.