DIRECT OESOPHAGOSCOPY

Sevoflurane for oesophagoscopy in a patient with myotonic dystrophy.

To the Editor: I have recently been operated upon for an ovarian cyst. Although I survived, the experience was traumatic. During the operation I was awake and experienced severe pain and the trauma of being unable to move, scream or communicate. After relating my experience to the anaesthetist I was told that I was one of 2% of patients who have recall although this figure is contradicted by a ...

The role of rigid oesophagoscopy in oesophageal carcinoma.

The efficacy and safety of rigid oesophagoscopy in diagnostic and therapeutic settings in a consecutive series of 404 patients with oesophageal carcinoma were studied and compared to that for flexible oesophagoscopy in the same group. In addition, we examined the same parameters in a smaller group who had undergone radiotherapy with subsequent malignant stricturing. We performed 328 rigid proce...

A knife swallowed in prison retrieved at oesophagoscopy.

Unexpected complication of oesophagoscopy: iatrogenic aortic injury in a child

INTRODUCTION Oesophagoscopy is usually a safe procedure to localise and remove ingested foreign bodies, however, unexpected complications may develop during this procedure. In this case report we discuss iatrogenic aortic injury, which developed during oesophagoscopy, and its immediate treatment. CASE REPORT A six-year-old male patient was admitted to hospital with symptoms of having ingested...

Bronchoscopy and Oesophagoscopy. A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery