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A retroflexed view using the gastroscope reveals the gastric diverticulum in the fundus.
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An esophogastroduodenoscopy disclosed small fundic polyps and a gastric diverticulum near the fundus that contained old food particles (Figure 1).
An upper gastrointestinal series illustrates the diverticulum in the posterior cardia of the stomach.
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An upper gastrointestinal series revealed a diverticulum in the posterior cardia of the stomach (Figure 2).
The gastric diverticulum is dissected free of the retroperitoneal attachments.
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The gastric diverticulum was isolated, dissected free of retroperitoneal attachments to the base of the diverticulum, and transected with an ENDO GIA Universal (US Surgical, Tyco Health Care, Norwalk, CT) (Figure 3).