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Glyn G. Jamieson, MD
Adelaide, Australia

Arch Surg. 1998;133:700.

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This is an important article for several reasons. First, it is a large series of patients operated on consecutively and emanating from a center with a wide experience in the treatment of esophageal disease and with an international reputation in this field. Second, the patients have all been carefully assessed preoperatively and a large proportion of them have also been assessed postoperatively. Third, there is a reasonable follow-up with the shortest follow-up being longer than 1 year, and the longest about 4 years. Fourth, the results are excellent and, in particular, no incidence of mediastinitis has been found.

The results of traditional open surgery for Zenker diverticulum are generally good and the operation is a minor one, so that patients can be discharged early from the hospital. Therefore, reports of occasional cases of mediastinitis occurring after diathermy or lasering of the common wall between the esophagus . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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