PMID: 11330375May 2, 2001Paper

Laparoscopic approach for esophageal achalasia with epiphrenic diverticulum

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques
C V FeoA Liboni

Abstract

We report the case of a 65-year-old woman with a 10-year history of dysphagia, regurgitation, cough, and 10-kg weight loss caused by an epiphrenic diverticulum associated with esophageal achalasia managed with a laparoscopic approach. A preoperative barium swallow showed a dilated sigmoid esophagus with a 6-cm epiphrenic diverticulum. Esophageal manometry confirmed the absence of peristalsis in the esophageal body. We performed a laparoscopic diverticulectomy and a 7-cm distal esophageal myotomy with a Dor fundoplication. The postoperative course was uneventful. On the third postoperative day a barium swallow showed no leak, and the patient started oral intake. She was discharged home 5 days after the operation free of symptoms and tolerating a soft diet. Sixteen months after surgery, she was asymptomatic and had gained 8 kg. A barium swallow showed a normal-size esophagus with regular emptying. We reaffirm the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of the laparoscopic diverticulectomy and distal myotomy with Dor fundoplication to manage epiphrenic diverticula resulting from esophageal achalasia.

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