Year 2025 / Volume 117 / Number 4
Letter
Epiphrenic diverticulum: is diverticular peroral endoscopic myotomy (D-POEM) enough or do we need to go one step forward?

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2024.10770/2024

David Barquero Declara, Alba Juan Juan, Noemí Caballero Suárez, Alejandro Blasco Pelicano, Alfredo Mata Bilbao,

Abstract
We present a review of 9 patients (44.4% women, 67.7 +/- 7.3 years) who had undergone diverticular peroral endoscopic myotomy (D-POEM) for symptomatic epiphrenic diverticula (ED) at our Unit from July 2020 to April 2024. One patient had received prior treatment, specifically, laparoscopic resection of the diverticulum, Heller myotomy and partial funduplication in 2014 with clinical improvement. The predominant symptoms were dysphagia and regurgitation and the average Eckardt Score (ES) were 6 +/- 1,1. A co-existing esophageal motility disorder was documented in 8 (88.9%).
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Barquero Declara D, Juan Juan A, Caballero Suárez N, Blasco Pelicano A, Mata Bilbao A. Epiphrenic diverticulum: is diverticular peroral endoscopic myotomy (D-POEM) enough or do we need to go one step forward?. 10770/2024


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Publication history

Received: 06/09/2024

Accepted: 11/09/2024

Online First: 19/09/2024

Published: 03/04/2025

Article Online First time: 13 days

Article editing time: 209 days


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