title: Assessment of the Results of Surgical Treatment of Zenker'S Diverticulum in Own Material.
abstract: Zenker diverticulum (ZD) is the most common type of diverticula of the esophagus. Most often refers to men with a peak incidence in the seventh and eighth decade of life. In the majority diverticula remains asymptomatic and in patients with symptomatic course of the disease symptoms are often nonspecific. Aim of the study was to present the authors' own experience in surgical treatment of Zenker diverticulum.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this paper we present an analysis of 31 patients with confirmed ZD treated surgically at the Clinic in 2004-2014. Patients were analyzed in terms of age, gender, clinical symptoms, diverticulum size, type of surgery, the time to return to the oral intake, hospital stay and perioperative complications.
  
  
  RESULTS
  22 men and 9 women were enrolled it this study. The mean age of the patients was 64.8 (SD, 10.7; in the range of 28 to 82 years). 29 patients (93.5%) underwent resection of the diverticulum, while diverticulopexy was performed in two patients. In 25 (80.6%) cases stapler device was used, while in 4 (12.9%) resection was performed manually. The average size of resected diverticulum was 4.9 cm (SD, 1.5). Following the surgery in four patients (12.9%) complications were present. The average operating time was 118.7 minutes (SD, 42.2, in the range of 50 to 240 minutes). The mean length of hospital stay was 9.3 (SD, 3.3).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical treatment of ZD is associated with high effectiveness and low recurrence rate. Despite the advantages of endoscopic techniques, surgical treatment is characterized by one- stage procedure. The use of mechanical suture (stapler) significantly improves the operation, although on the basis of our own analysis there was no superiority revealed over hand sewn. Unquestionable adventage of classical technique is the opportunity to histopathological evaluation of resected diverticulum what is impossible to achieve in endoscopic techniques.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bobkiewicz
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Banasiewicz
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Krokowicz
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dryjas
authors.forename: Mateusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wykrętowicz
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katulska
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borejsza-Wysocki
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malinger
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drews
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000379:methods; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016672:Zenker Diverticulum / Q000601:surgery*