OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To investigate and treat the late complications of using nickel-titanium alloy stents in laryngotracheal, bronchial, and esophageal stenosis patients who developed severe laryngotracheal stenosis (SLS). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective clinical study. METHODS Thirteen patients with SLS or tracheoesophageal fistula secondary to insertion of a nickel-titanium alloy stent for t...

Esophageal strictures remain a commonly encountered clinical entity. These strictures arise because of a wide variety of benign and malignant conditions. Dysphagia, the most common symptom, occurs when a stricture causes greater than 50% of the esophageal lumen to be obstructed as a result of benign or malignant disease. From a treatment point of view, some esophageal strictures are readily tre...

PURPOSE After esophagectomy and gastric reconstruction for esophageal cancer, patients suffer from various symptoms that can detract from quality of life. Endoscopy is a useful diagnostic tool for evaluating patients after esophagectomy. This observational study was performed to investigate the correlation between symptoms and endoscopic findings one year after esophageal surgery and to assess ...

Improved surgical techniques, as well as preoperative and postoperative care, have dramatically changed survival of children with esophageal atresia (EA) over the last decades. Nowadays, we are increasingly seeing EA patients experiencing significant short- and long-term gastrointestinal morbidities. Anastomotic stricture (AS) is the most common complication following operative repair. An esoph...

Fish bone foreign body (FFB) is the most frequent food-associated foreign body (FB) in adults, especially in Asia, versus meat in Western countries. The esophageal sphincter is the most common lodging site. Esophageal FB disease tends to occur more frequently in men than in women. The first diagnostic method is laryngoscopic examination. Because simple radiography of the neck has low sensitivit...

OBJECTIVES Esophageal strictures and esophagorespiratory fistulas are complications of malignant esophageal tumors, which are difficult to manage. The efficacy of self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) for palliation of malignant esophageal strictures and fistulas was investigated prospectively. METHODS Forty-three SEMS were inserted in 41 patients with malignant esophageal stricture or fistula. ...

INTRODUCTION Postoperative anastomotic leak and stricture are dramatic events that cause increased morbidity and mortality, for this reason it's important to evaluate which is the best way to perform the anastomosis. AIM To compare the techniques of manual (hand-sewn) and mechanic (stapler) esophagogastric anastomosis after resection of malignant neoplasm of esophagus, as the occurrence of an...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Development of strictures is a major concern for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). At diagnosis, EoE can present with an inflammatory phenotype (characterized by whitish exudates, furrows, and edema), a stricturing phenotype (characterized by rings and stenosis), or a combination of these. Little is known about progression of stricture formation; we evaluated stric...

HEADINGS Esophagectomy. Surgical anastomosis. Meta-analysis. ABSTRACT Introduction: Postoperative anastomotic leak and stricture are dramatic events that cause increased morbidity and mortality, for this reason it’s important to evaluate which is the best way to perform the anastomosis. Aim: To compare the techniques of manual (hand-sewn) and mechanic (stapler) esophagogastric anastomosis after...

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 ...