Affiliations 

  • 1 Sarawak General Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 2 Sarawak General Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 2019 Jun;74(3):243-245.
PMID: 31256184

Abstract

Epiphrenic oesophageal diverticulum is a rare disorder affecting the distal oesophagus. Surgical techniques for this condition evolve over time from open transthoracic and trans-abdominal approaches to minimally invasive surgery. We report a case of an 82-year-old male who presented with symptomatic epiphrenic oesophageal diverticulum over the last 1 year. He underwent laparoscopic transhiatal diverticulectomy, myotomy and anterior partial fundoplication and was discharged well. He remains asymptomatic after a follow-up of 6 months.

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