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Larger, symptomatic cases of Zenker's diverticulum have been traditionally treated by neck surgery to resect the diverticulum and incise the cricopharyngeus muscle. However, in recent times non-surgical endoscopic techniques have gained more importance (as they allow for much faster recovery), and the currently preferred treatment is endoscopic ...
A Killian–Jamieson diverticulum is an outpouching of the esophagus just below the upper esophageal sphincter. [1] The physicians that first discovered the diverticulum were Gustav Killian and James Jamieson. Diverticula are seldom larger than 1.5 cm, and are less frequent than the similar Zenker's diverticula.
It represents a potentially weak spot where a pharyngoesophageal diverticulum (Zenker's diverticulum) is more likely to occur. [1] Eponym
A jejunal diverticulum is a congenital lesion and may be a source of bacterial overgrowth. It may also perforate or result in abscesses. A Killian-Jamieson diverticulum is very similar to a pharyngeal esophageal diverticulum, differing in the fact that the pouching is between the oblique and transverse fibers of the cricopharyngeus muscle. [7]
In 1895 he retired from active service. His important discovery of the danger of trichine dates from 1860. In that year he published "Über die Trichinenkrankheit des Menschen" ("On the trichine-illness of humans", in volume XVIII of Virchow's Archiv). Zenker also found Zenker's degeneration and Zenker's diverticulum. [17]
On rare occasions the diverticulum can herniate through the abdominal wall also known as a Littre hernia. Only 6.4% of all complications require surgical treatment, and untreated Meckel's diverticulum has a mortality rate of 2.5–15%. [8] Table 1 – Complications of Meckel's Diverticulum: [9]
Can Zenker's diverticula occur at both areas, or is it a specific out pocketing at a specific zone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.47.20.121 ( talk ) 21:23, 23 March 2012 (UTC) [ reply ]
Zenker's diverticulum develops between the two muscular bellies (the thyropharyngeal part and the cricopharyngeal part) in a small gap called Killian's dehiscence. A diverticulum can form where a balloon of mucosa becomes trapped outside the pharyngeal boundaries. Food or other materials may reside here, which may lead to infection.