Zenker's peroral endoscopic myotomy (Z-POEM) for recurrent Zenker diverticulum: not so fast!

Endoscopy 2021; 53(07): 767
DOI: 10.1055/a-1337-2660

Letter to the editor

¹Gastroenterology Department, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, and Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK,

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Keith Siau

²Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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³Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center, Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

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Chris J. Mulder

⁴Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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⁵Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, University Hospital, Mainz, Germany

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