PURPOSE The aim of this study was to introduce a new surgical technique for the correction of congenital cricotracheal stenosis. METHODS A 5-day-old girl presented with esophageal atresia and congenital cricotracheal stenosis. After successfully correcting her esophageal atresia, the authors chose to use a type of slide cricotracheoplasty, which was a modification of slide tracheoplasty and a...

background: ingestion of caustic agents can cause serious damages of the upper gastrointestinal tract and in some cases this kind of poisoning may have fatal outcomes. acute caustic intoxications are one of the main problems in the modern clinical toxicology since they mainly affect young people with psychic disorders, suicidal intent, and alcohol addiction. text: in diagnostic evaluation of th...

introduction: caustic or corrosive caustic substance is a chemical substance that damages the tissue with which it comes to contact. these materials include domestic and industrial caustic. treatment of chemical burns of the esophagus and stomach is one of the greatest problems in surgery; the studies to date have not proved specific results despite various medical and surgical procedures metho...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The authors report the incidence, diagnosis, and treatment methods of congenital esophageal stenosis (CES) at their institution. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 123 patients with tracheoesophageal anomalies in a pediatric hospital between 1980 and 1999 was performed. Charts were reviewed for patient demographics, presence of true CES, associated congenital anomalies, me...

operating on cases of impermeable stricture. The difficulty in the operation is nearly always the finding of the stricture, and the passing of a probe through it after the urethra has been opened on a staff anterior to the stricture. This is often a very difficult and lengthy business because of the mass of soft granulations at the seat of the stricture, and the ease with which any fine metal p...

OBJECTIVE To assess the causes of esophageal stricture in pediatric patients and their response to endoscopic dilatation. METHODS Retrospective analysis of clinical and endoscopic data obtained from children and adolescents with esophageal stricture submitted to endoscopic dilatation between July 1993 and January 2003. RESULTS A total of 125 patients aged between 1 month and 16 years were i...