| Title: |
Long-term follow-up of endoscopic stapled diverticulotomy |
| Authors: |
Counter PR; Hilton ML; Baldwin DL |
| Source: |
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 01-03-2002 |
| Publisher Information: |
Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| Publication Year: |
2002 |
| Collection: |
Newcastle University Library ePrints Service |
| Description: |
We report a consecutive series of 31 patients who underwent endoscopic stapled diverticulotomy. The patients' notes were reviewed retrospectively to gather data on their original admission and a postal survey was conducted to establish patient satisfaction, their ability to swallow and reoperation data. Three patients were lost to follow-up. Nine of the remaining 28 died at a median of 18 months. The remaining 21 were followed up for a median of 59 months. The data showed that, at 5 years, 94.4% of patients had an improvement in their swallowing, and 50% had an entirely normal swallow. In order to achieve this result, 19% of patients required a second procedure, and one patient (3.2%) required a third (open) procedure. Endoscopic stapled diverticulotomy has well-established, short-term advantages. This series shows that it has a good long-term outcome that is similar to established open techniques and probably better than other techniques of endoscopic diverticulotomy, i.e. diathermy or laser. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
https://eprints.ncl.ac.uk/82210 |
| Availability: |
https://eprints.ncl.ac.uk/82210 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.3C9F376F |
| Database: |
BASE |