Abstract
A 72-year-old man with dysphagia was referred to our hospital because he suffered from difficulty in swallowing. Esophagography and computed tomography revealed a 5×4 cm diverticulum filled with saburra in the middle thoracic segment of the esophagus. He underwent a thoracoscopy assisted diverticulectomy.
According to the operative findings and pathological findings, we diagnosed this diverticulum as a mixture of traction and pulsion diverticulum.
Recently, there have been some reports of esophageal diverticulectomy by thoracoscopic surgery. Here, we report our experience of the efficient use of thoracoscopically assisted esophageal diverticulectomy in combination with gastroendoscopy.
