Successful treatment of a Zenker diveiculum involves?
Treatment of Choice -Cricopharyngeal Myotomy + Diveiculoplexy (most common among elderly, diabetics for which Diveiculoplexy is a safer procedure) Other alternative procedures: - -Diveiculectomy (for larger diveicula's > 4cm) - Diveiculo-esophagostomy (aka Dohlman procedure) -performed endoscopically.
Diveiculopexy
Resection of the diveiculum
Either diveiculopexy or resection with cricopharyngeal myotomy
Observation
Esophagus