Table 2.
Outcome of transoral rigid procedures for Zenker diverticulum
| Ref. | No. pts | Technique | Satisfactory outcome | Overall morbidity | Salivary fistula | Conversion rate |
| Fremling et al[61] | 6 | Stapling | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Peracchia et al[36] | 95 | Stapling | 93% | 1% | 0% | 3% |
| Narne et al[62] | 102 | Stapling | 100% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| Philippsen et al[15] | 14 | Stapling | 100% | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| Cook et al[16] | 74 | Stapling | 97% | 3% | 2% | 8% |
| Lüscher et al[63] | 23 | Stapling | 96% | 1% | 4% | 0% |
| Jaramillo et al[64] | 32 | Stapling | 80% | 4% | 0% | 16% |
| Thaler et al[65] | 23 | Stapling | 87% | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| Counter et al[66] | 31 | Stapling | 95% | 10% | 10% | 0% |
| Chang et al[22] | 24 | CO2 laser | 90% | 8% | 0% | 0% |
| Fama et al[18] | 25 | Harmonic Scalpel | 96% | 12% | 0% | 0% |
| Sharp et al[19] | 48 | Stapling/Harmonic Scalpel | 88% | 12% | 2% | 0% |
| Helmstaedter et al[23] | 40 | CO2 laser | NA | 10% | NA | NA |
| Wasserzug et al[67] | 55 | Stapling | 90% | 4% | 2% | 7% |
| Peretti et al[68] | 28 | CO2 laser | 85% | 7% | 4% | 4% |
| Nicholas et al[13] | 7 | Stapling | 100% | 14% | 0% | 0% |
| May et al[20] | 7 | Harmonic Scalpel | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Bonavina et al[14] | 91 | Stapling | 80.8% | 5% | 1% | 13.2% |
| Adam et al[69] | 128 | Stapling/CO2 laser | NA | 4.6% | 0% | NA |
NA: Not available.