Staged surgical intervention to treat dysphagia caused by Kommerell's diverticulum

Makoto Hashimoto; Hidefumi Nishida; Ross Milner; Takeyoshi Ota

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezz242

Staged surgical intervention to treat dysphagia caused by Kommerell's diverticulum

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Mar 1;57(3):601-603. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz242.

Authors

Makoto Hashimoto¹, Hidefumi Nishida¹, Ross Milner², Takeyoshi Ota¹

Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
² Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

PMID: 31504406
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz242

Abstract

Kommerell's diverticulum is a rare congenital vascular anomaly. Dysphagia is one indication for surgical intervention. We report on 4 consecutive patients who presented with dysphagia caused by Kommerell's diverticulum and underwent staged surgical treatment. The key to surgical treatment for such patients is to remove the vascular structure completely from the vicinity of the oesophagus.

Keywords: Aberrant subclavian artery; Dysphagia; Kommerell’s diverticulum.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
Deglutition Disorders* / etiology
Deglutition Disorders* / surgery
Diverticulum* / complications
Diverticulum* / diagnostic imaging
Diverticulum* / surgery
Humans
Subclavian Artery / diagnostic imaging
Subclavian Artery / surgery