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A review of intrathoracic esophageal diverticula has been presented. Diverticula are considered either epibronchial or epiphrenic by their point of origin in the intrathoracic esophagus. The pathogenesis, symptomatology, complications, and methods of diagnosis of each has been presented. The surgical treatment of epibronchial diverticula is indicated for complications. Small, asymptomatic epiphrenial diverticula are treated conservatively; diverticula that are symptomatic or large and retain barium should be removed surgically. The treatment of choice is a transpleural diverticulectomy. The technical details of this procedure as performed by the authors has been recorded.
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Shields, T.W., Anderson, M.C. Thoracic esophageal diverticula. Digest Dis Sci 4, 522–533 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02231963
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