779 intraluminal diverticular myotomy for thoracic esophageal diverticula associated with spastic motility disorders

Thoracic esophageal diverticula are thought to arise secondary to peri-esophageal inflammation or in association with esophageal spastic motility disorders. They are divided into two groups based on their location: 1) Mid-Esophageal 2) Epiphrenic. Diverticular myotomy maybe required for a small subset of patient with persistent symptoms despite medical therapy or myotomy. Surgical thoracic diverticular myotomy is associated with significant morbidity. Due to the significant complication risk endoscopy has had a limited role in the treatment of thoracic diverticula.
Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Oral abstract Source Type: research