We describe a 54-year-old man in whom esophageal carcinoma was diagnosed and who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery of the esophagus (VATS-E) in the prone position. Initially, the patient was fixed in a semiprone position, from which he could be rotated to a prone or left lateral position. Four ports were inserted, and then the patient was rotated to the prone position. Once the pat...

BACKGROUND Esophageal schwannomas are rare primary submucosal esophageal tumors. We herein report a case of an esophageal schwannoma that was difficult to diagnose. CASE PRESENTATION A 39-year-old woman presented with chief complaints of difficulty swallowing and epigastric pain. Enhanced computed tomography of her chest revealed a tumor mass at the upper thoracic esophagus with internal hete...

AIM To assess nutritional recovery, particularly regarding feeding jejunostomy tube (FJT) utilization, following upper gastrointestinal resection for malignancy. METHODS A retrospective review was performed of a prospectively-maintained database of adult patients who underwent esophagectomy or gastrectomy (subtotal or total) for cancer with curative intent, from January 2001 to June 2014. Pat...

An unusual case of pancreatic arteriovenous malformation (P-AVM) combined with esophageal cancer is reported. A 59-year-old man was admitted with upper abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed numerous strongly enhanced abnormal vessels and a hypovascular lesion in the area of the pancreatic tail. Angiographic study of the celiac artery confirmed racemose vascular networks i...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) represent 0.1-3% of all neoplasms of the digestive tract and only in 1-2% of cases they arise in the esophagus. The most frequent clinical manifestations of esophageal GISTs (E-GISTs) are dysphagia, atypical chest pain, cough or gastrointestinal bleeding. Preoperative study is made by endoscopy, echo-endoscopy, biopsy and computed tomography or magnetic ...

Abstract Recent advances in treatment for esophageal cancer have improved prognosis after esophagectomy, but they led to an increased incidence of gastric conduit cancer. In most patients who underwent retrosternal reconstruction, median sternotomy is performed, which associated with a risk postoperative bleeding and osteomyelitis; pain often negatively affects respiration. To avoid these probl...

OBJECTIVES Thoracoscopic lobectomy has been widely performed on patients with early-stage lung cancer; meanwhile indications of thoracoscopic segmentectomy have not been clearly defined due to technical difficulties and unclear oncological outcomes. The aim of this study was to compare early and late outcomes between thoracoscopic segmentectomy and thoracoscopic lobectomy. METHODS Between Jan...