Esophageal diverticula: from diagnosis to therapeutic management-narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Esophageal diverticulum (ED) is a relatively rare condition, characterized by high etio- and pathophysiological versatility, with an uncommon clinical impact, consequently requiring a complete and complex diagnostic evaluation, so that the therapeutic decision is "appropriate" to a specific case. The aim of the paper is, therefore, a reassessment of the diagnostic possibilities underlying the establishment of the therapeutic protocol and the available therapeutic resources, making a review of the literature, and a non-statistical retrospective analysis of cases hospitalized and operated in a tertiary center.

Methods

Thus, classical investigations (upper digestive endoscopy, barium swallow) need to be correlated with complex, manometric, and imaging e

SUBMITTER: Constantin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992562 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature