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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1405-0099</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirujano general]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. gen]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-0099</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía General A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1405-00992021000200132</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/106725</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Divertículo esofágico epifrénico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Epiphrenic esophageal diverticula]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ballesteros-Barrera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Irving Federico]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barrera-Zavala]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alfredo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Durán-Briones]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gerardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carmona-Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alenka]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Ángeles Clínica Londres  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>132</fpage>
<lpage>136</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-00992021000200132&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-00992021000200132&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-00992021000200132&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Los divertículos esofágicos tienen una incidencia de 0.06 a 4%; el divertículo epifrénico representa 15% de todos los divertículos esofágicos. La mayoría de los pacientes cursan asintomáticos; sin embargo, su importancia radica en que pueden presentar complicaciones severas como fístulas a tráquea, hemorragias, parálisis de cuerdas vocales, retención de cuerpo extraño y mayor riesgo de cáncer. Existen diferentes tratamientos, siendo el quirúrgico el más utilizado, con una tasa de éxito de 74 a 100%. A continuación, se presenta el caso de una paciente a quien se le diagnostica un divertículo esofágico epifrénico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The esophageal diverticulums have an incidence from 0.06 to 4%, the epiphrenic diverticulum represents the 15% of all esophageal diverticulums. The majority of patients stay asymptomatic, nevertheless, is very important to notice that it can became into a complication such as tracheal fistulas, hemorrhages, vocal chord paralysis, strange body retention and increase in cancer risk. There are some treatments but surgical management is the most used, with a success rate from 74 to 100%. The following is the case of a management of a patient who is diagnosed with an epiphrenic diverticulum.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Divertículo esofágico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[divertículo epifrénico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[miotomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Esophagus diverticulum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[epifhrenic diverticulum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[miotomy]]></kwd>
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