Laser Therapy for Zenker’s Diverticulum

Zenker’s diverticulum is an outpouching that occurs at the junction of the lower part of the throat and the upper portion of the esophagus.

The pouch forms because the muscle that divides the throat from the esophagus, the cricopharyngeal (CP) muscle, fails to relax during swallowing.

The cause of Zenker’s diverticulum is abnormal tightening of the upper esophageal sphincter (also called the cricopharyngeus muscle). As a result of tightening of this muscle, pressure builds along the wall of the throat above this sphincter muscle.

Treatment for symptomatic ZD can be surgical or endoscopic. However, Non-surgical treatments are becoming extremely prominent regarding the treatment of this specific vocal issue. Laser treatment is this article’s area of interest.

Viewing the delicacy of such types of treatments, professional laser machines ought to be used in order to guarantee a safe, fast and successful treatment. In this context, the Portable Surgery Laser System SIFLASER-1.2B has for long been otolaryngologists’ top recommendation.

The FDA Portable 980nm Surgery Laser System SIFLASER-1.2B is specifically designed to meet otolaryngologists’ exact requirements as it deploys 980 nm wavelength with 15W as a maximum power. These are the exact laser criteria needed in the vocal laser-guided microsurgeries.

To explain in more detail, the tissue components hemoglobin and melanin interact more with this device’s blue laser light even at reduced power.

Accordingly, this allows SIFLASER-1.2B to perform better and softer bloodless, pain-free vocal pouch cuttings.

What also makes the SIFLASER-1.2B highly recommended by Otolaryngologists is that it displays an accurate alignment and exact sighting during the micro-surgery. All thanks to its green aiming beam.

Further, in order to guarantee better results, the device is supported with a fiber guide laser.

First, it is compatible with various endoscopic uses. Second, this special fibres are sterilisable which, in turn, prevents any possible cross-infections while guaranteeing a clean and bloodless operative area. This actually reduces all possible thermal damages.

Moreover, the complete absence of water absorption in the device helps drastically reduce the overheating of the surrounding tissues.

This should eliminate any possible after-effects which, in turn, will reinforce the laser treatment’s efficacy.

Due to all these features and more, the SIFLASER-1.2 B guarantees an extreme effectiveness of Zenker’s Diverticulum removals, much higher than the one obtained with infrared lasers.

Reference: Zenker’s Diverticulum

Disclaimer: Although the information we provide is used by different doctors and medical staff to perform their procedures and clinical applications, the information contained in this article is for consideration only. SIFSOF is not responsible neither for the misuse of the device nor for the wrong or random generalizability of the device in all clinical applications or procedures mentioned in our articles. Users must have the proper training and skills to perform the procedure with each laser system.

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