A 55-year-old Chinese male was admitted to the hospital for epigastralgia and dysphagia with a two month history, and hematemesis and melena with a two-day history. Two lesions were found in the esophagus and stomach by esophago--gastroduodenoscopy and computed tomography. The patient underwent subtotal esophagectomy and gastrectomy, esophagogastric anastomosis above the aortic arch, and thorac...

Problem statement: Esophageal surgery is associated with greater wound healing problems than surgery on other portion of the alimentary tract. Omentum and fresh bone marrow are rich source of angiogenic factors that promote the growth of blood vessels into wound tissue. The aim of this study was evaluation of the effects of a combination of autogenous fresh bone marrow and omental free graft in...

background: reflux disease is a common gastrointestinal problem. the association between reflux disease and gastritis pattern is controversial. aim : to determine the association between reflux disease and gastritis pattern in patients with helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) infection. methods: 470 patients with dyspepsia and reflux disease were enrolled in this study. the inclusion criteria were ...

background : numerous epidemiologic studies have shown that esophagus cancer is more common in areas with grains containing mycotoxin such as fumonisin b1 (fb1). the aim of this research is to study the effect of long- and short-term of esophagus tissue to fb1 orally administered in animal model. materials and methods : forty-four female mice have been divided in two short- and long-term groups...

cell free dna (cfdna) is a genetic biomarker that is present in serum or plasma in high concentration in many types of cancer. identification of circu-lating cancer related dna molecules in serum or plasma is a non-invasive tool for early diagnosis and prognosis in many cancer patients. for this review, study selection and data extraction were performed by the authors. detection of point mutati...

background: esophageal cancer is the sixth cause of death in the world, there was a lack of population‑based information on the trend and incidence rate of esophagus cancer, so this study aimed to determine the incidence and pathological changes of esophagus cancer in iran. methods: in this study, data were extracted from annual cancer registry reports of iranian ministry of health between 2003...

â  â  background eosinophilic gastroenteritis (eg) is a rare inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal (gi) tract. there have been several case series of patients with eg from the western world and east asia. however, there has not been a report of patients with eg from the middle east region. the aim of this study is to describe clinical characteristics and treatment response in a series o...

nasogastric tube (ng) insertion is a usual technique in any neonatal intensive care unit. this procedure is undertaken for the children who are in need of invasive care. sometimes, the insertion of nasogastric tube in infants with esophagus friable anatomy tissues may have some dangerous side effect, but such problems are not very common. esophageal perforation is a rare but known complication ...

Sudden onset of dysphagia due to a gastric bezoar migrating the esophagus is relatively rare condition. A 72-year-old male patient with known presented sudden difficulty swallowing following nausea and vomiting caused by adhesive ileus. Gastroscopic examination showed associated compression ulcers in esophagus. The was pushed towards stomach extracted successful endoscopic fragmentation.

Currently catheter radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has become the standard treatment for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). During RFA, additional linear lesions are performed along posterior wall of left atrium, which can cause damage to esophagus. The manuscript considers methods introduced into practice prevent esophagus during pros and cons techniques.