[Divertículo de Zenker. Manejo endoscópico contra técnica abierta. ¿Cuál es mejor? Experiencia en el Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga].

IntroducciÓn: El divertículo de Zenker es una enfermedad rara en la población general. Su tratamiento puede llevarse a cabo mediante un enfoque endoscópico o quirúrgico.

Objetivo: Reportar la experiencia en el manejo del divertículo de Zenker en un centro de enseñanza de tercer nivel.

[Totally laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy. First case reported in México].

Background: Approximately 48,960 people in the USA will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015 and 40,560 will die for this reason; in Mexico, the new cases of pancreatic cancer in 2012 were 4,274, with 4,133 deaths; survival rate at 5 years goes from 1% to15%. Less than 20% of cases were considered resectable at the time of diagnosis. The Whipple procedure is currently the only curative treatment option for periampullary cancers since the first communication by Whipple in 1935, and up until now is a common procedure in several reference centres around the world.

[Zenker's diverticulum: laser or stapler treatment].

Objective: We undertook this study to report on transoral endoscopic management of Zenker's diverticulum.

Methods: Four patients with Zenker's diverticulum were treated by transoral microendoscopic surgery, two by stapler and two by laser resection.

Results: All patients were successfully treated, and no complications were noted.