BACKGROUND Strictures are frequent complications of large endoscopic mucosal resections (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissections of the esophagus. Local or systemic steroid therapy has shown promise in the prevention of secondary stenosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of systemic steroid therapy following endoscopic resection of at least hemi-circumferential ...

AIM For patients with superficial esophageal carcinoma, ESD was one of treatment modalities to remove the lesion safely and effectively. We perform this meta-analysis to determine the efficacy and incidence of complication of ESD for patients with superficial esophageal carcinoma. METHOD Articles were searched in MEDLINE (PubMed and Ovid), Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews, Google scholar...

Voluntary or accidental ingestion of a caustic product is increasingly encountered in our country. Caustic esophageal stenosis the most common sequel. Its treatment involves instrumental dilation and/or surgery which particularly heavy. The aim of this study was to epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects caustic strictures context. retrospective study took place from December 20...

A 75-year-old woman was admitted for the extraction of an esophageal fully covered metal stent (upper esophageal sphincter stent [80×20mm]; LeufenMedical, Berlin, Germany). The stent had been implanted 5 weeks earlier to treat an esophageal perforation sustained during bougienage of a benign proximal esophageal stenosis. The location of the stent was distal to the stricture, so that only a tran...

BACKGROUND Corrosive esophageal burns, particularly common in developing countries, lead to different problems in different age groups. The ingestion of corrosive substances can cause such problems as stricture of the esophagus, to acute perforation, and even death. Because stricture formation is related to the severity of the initial injury, the prevention of stricture constitutes a main goal ...