2008
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-67202008000300003
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Tratamento cirúrgico do divertículo de Zenker

Abstract: INTRODUÇÃODescrito em 1769 pela primeira vez pelo cirurgião inglês Ludlow19 e posteriormente pelos patologistas alemães Zenker e von Ziemssen 30 , o divertículo faringoesofágico -consagrado como divertículo de Zenker (DZ) -, é na realidade pseudodivertículo, uma vez que consiste apenas das camadas mucosa e submucosa da parede posterior da hipofaringe. Origina-se a partir do músculo constritor inferior da faringe, entre as fibras do constritor faríngeo posterior e o músculo cricofaríngeo (esfíncter esofágico su… Show more

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“…It has low frequency responding for 1-3% of all the dysphagia complaints and up to 4% of the patients with esophageal diseases 1,18 . There is insufficient data regarding the actual number of cases in South America, including Brazil 1,18 .…”
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“…It has low frequency responding for 1-3% of all the dysphagia complaints and up to 4% of the patients with esophageal diseases 1,18 . There is insufficient data regarding the actual number of cases in South America, including Brazil 1,18 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has low frequency responding for 1-3% of all the dysphagia complaints and up to 4% of the patients with esophageal diseases 1,18 . There is insufficient data regarding the actual number of cases in South America, including Brazil 1,18 . It prevails among the sixth and eighth decades of life with the highest incidence around 70 years old due to the aging process of loss of muscular tonus and less resistance of the posterior wall, being therefore rare before the forties, 1,18 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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