Esophageal resection remains the only curative option in high grade dysplasia of the Barrett esophagus and non metastasized esophageal cancer. In addition, it may also be an adequate treatment in selected cases of benign disease. A wide variety of minimally invasive procedures have become available in esophageal surgery. Aim of the present review article is to evaluate minimally invasive proced...

Purpose of this study is to research contribution chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) risk factors (RF) the prevalence rate digestive organs and risks system malignant neoplasms development in context Omsk region municipal districts. Material methods: analysis includes following (RF): unhealthy diets, overweight, harmful use alcohol, physical inactivity with proved causal relationship suc...

abstract background: esophageal replacement is indicated in certain circumstances including long gap esophageal atresia, severe strictures due to gastro-esophageal reflux (ger) and caustic burns. we analyzed our results of 18 patients who underwent esophageal replacement in our university hospital. methods: we reviewed esophageal replacements carried out in our department between june 1996 and ...

Esophageal cancer poses an interesting challenge for oncologists. Esophageal squamous cell cancer has the most varied geographical incidence of any cancer, suggesting the existence of critically important environmental and molecular epidemiologic factors. These factors remain largely unrecognized. Equally puzzling is the dramatic increase in the incidence of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and...

Congenital esophageal atresia needs to be surgically corrected as soon as possible. Some will present with post surgical stricture that needs to be dilated by a balloon dilator. This procedure is difficult in premature born due to infant esophageal size and availability of equipments. We herby report the first case in a premature infant with post surgical esophageal stricture of esophageal atre...

BACKGROUND Esophageal cancer is the most common malignancy in Western Kenya and patients present with advanced disease. OBJECTIVE To determine baseline level of knowledge of esophageal cancer in Bomet District in order to develop targeted and effective educational classes. METHODS A questionnaire with twelve questions testing knowledge about esophageal cancer and eight questions aimed at de...

Ablative therapies have been utilized with increasing frequency for the treatment of Barrett's esophagus with and without dysplasia. Multiple modalities are available for topical ablation of the esophagus, but radiofrequency ablation (RFA) remains the most commonly used. There have been significant advances in technique since the introduction of RFA. The aim of this paper is to review the indic...

A 41-year-old man underwent a Heller myotomy due to achalasia. An unexpected puncture in the esophageal wall was identified during the procedure. A partially covered 15cm stent (PSEMS) (UltraFlex) was placed at the mucosal defect. It was removed 26 days later and the endoscopic image showed esophageal tissue embedded in the covered portion of the stent. PSEMS covering loss is a rare complicatio...