Table 1. Characteristics of four cases of thoracoscopic diverticulectomy for epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum after peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM).
| Case | Age (years) |
Sex | Duration after the initial poem (months) |
Symptoms | Size of diverticula (mm) |
Preoperative endoscopic cleaning |
Surgery | Surgery time (min) |
Bleeding (g) |
Contrast study (Days after surgery) |
Started meal (Days after surgery) |
Postoperative hospital stay (Days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 59 | Male | 5 | Hematemesis | 68 | Yes | Thoracoscopic diverticulectomy | 139 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 63 | Female | 4 | Vomiting | 70 | Yes | Thoracoscopic diverticulectomy | 145 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 49 | Male | 91 | Hematemesis | 67 | Yes | Thoracoscopic diverticulectomy | 167 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 49 | Male | 120 | Dysphagia | 68, 45 | Yes | Thoracoscopic diverticulectomy | 197 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |