title: Surgical treatment of Zenker's diverticulum.
abstract: One-hundred-and-fifty patients with Zenker's diverticulum were reviewed; twelve patients received no treatment; 26 patients were treated endoscopically by dilatation, five of these had a diverticulectomy performed at a later stage. One-hundred-and-ten patients had a diverticulectomy performed (a total of 115 primary operations were performed). Eighteen of the patients operated upon had a recurrence and six underwent re-operation. Local complications occurred in 24 patients. Seven patients had a fistula and two had mediastinitis. Ten patients had recurrent nerve palsy, of which five were permanent. Thirteen patients had other complications, usually infection. One death occurred. Post-operative prophylactic treatment with antibiotics was found to significantly reduce the number of local infectious complications and a correlation was found between the occurrence of local, infectious complications and later recurrence of the pouch.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aggerholm
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Illum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D004106:Dilatation; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents