title: [Endoscopic stapling diverticulostomy for Zenker diverticulum].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The authors have successfully applied the endoscopic stapling diverticulostomy for three patients with symptomatic Zenker diverticulum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Under light general anesthesia the hypopharynx was explored with a rigid, double lipped laryngoscope (Weerda, Storz). The common wall between the esophagus and and diverticulum was cut across and reunited with a endosurgical stapler.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Operating time was 25 minutes in average. There were no intraoperative or postoperative complications. The oral feeding was started on the 2. postoperative day. The patients were symptom-free and they were discharged on the fifth postoperative day. The preoperative symptoms were not reported at follow-up assessment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The endoscopic stapler diverticulostomy offers distinct advantages, including brief operative time, short hospitalization, reduced morbidity, early oral feeding and predictable resolution of symptoms. The authors proposed the technique in the treatment of the patients with Zenker's diverticulum especially for elderly cases with diverticulum larger than 3 cm.
authors.affiliation: Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Szent-Györgyi Albert Orvos- és Gyógyszerésztudományi Centrum. lg@surg.szote.u-szeged.hu
authors.forename: György
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lázár
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Róvó
authors.forename: Károly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szentpáli
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paszt
authors.forename: Adám
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balogh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017792:Surgical Stapling / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016672:Zenker Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*