Endoscopic treatment of a Zenker's diverticulum using argon plasma coagulation

Zenker's diverticulum is a pouch that develop in the pharynx just above the upper esophageal sphincter causing swallowing problems. Dysphagia, bad breth, coughing, regurgitation, halitosis, aspiration and pneumonia, can be occur by trapped food. Many patients are elderly and can not undergo a hazardous operation. Beside a number of traditional surgical options newly developed endoscopic therapeutic methods are available for treatening the abnormality. In patients at poor health condition minimally invasive technics and new endoscopic methods are available to improve or treat the illness. In this case we present…