OPERATION FOR STRICTURE.

A Case of Holt's Operation for Recurrent Stricture of the Urethra

Stricture caused by a plastic vascular clip used during an operation of minimally invasive esophagectomy.

This article describes the case of a 62-year-old female who had had minimally invasive esophagectomy (Ivor-Lewis) for squamous cell carcinoma of the distal third of the esophagus. The anastomotic stenosis was accompanied by solid food dysphagia and the presence of a foreign body in the esophagus. The foreign body was fixed to the esophageal wall and could not be removed endoscopically. The pati...

Tools for endoscopic stricture dilation

To promote the appropriate use of new or emerging endoscopic technologies and those technologies that have an impact on endoscopic practice, the ASGE Technology Committee presents relevant information to practicing physicians in the form of technology reviews. Evidence-based methodology is used whereby a MEDLINE literature search is performed to identify pertinent clinical studies on the topic,...

Meatal Stricture Following Neonatal Circumcision

Introduction  Circumcision is the most widely practised surgical procedure in the world. One sixth of the male popuiation have a ritual circumcision. The procedure was formerly exclusively per­formed by lay practitioners, jewish rabbis and barbers with physicians playing no role in the performance and it was a purely religious rite up to the late 19th Century.  Abraham apparently first advoca...

Esophageal stricture prevention post endoscopic sub - mucosal dissection Running title - Prophylaxis for esophageal stricture

Advancement in diagnostic modalities and improvement in surveillance programs for Barrett esophagus has resulted in increase in incidence of superficial esophageal cancers (SEC). SEC, due to their limited metastatic potential are amenable to non-invasive treatment modalities. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic sub-mucosal dissection (ESD) are few new ...