title: Treatment of giant pharyngoesophageal diverticulum by video-assisted thoracoscopy.
abstract: A 67-year-old woman presented with a giant pharyngoesophageal diverticulum (Zenker's diverticulum) that extended deep into the chest. Surgery, using either an open or endoscopic approach, was difficult. We stapled the common wall between the diverticulum and the esophagus using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The patient exhibited good anatomic and functional results at 6 months' follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, China. Electronic address: zhangxun69@163.com.
authors.forename: Xun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Shizhao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Yijun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Shunhua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016672:Zenker Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*