Stricture Following Esophageal Reconstruction

Esophageal stricture following retained foreign body in a child.

The clinical manifestations of viper bite vary from minor local symptoms to life threatening hepatotoxic or vasculotoxic features. Bilateral parotid enlargement is mentioned as one of the clinical signs of viperine envenomation in the Indian National Snakebite Protocol 2009 [1]. However, this is a rare clinical sign, and has been only occasionally reported in adult victims [2,3]. The cause of p...

Meatal Stricture Following Neonatal Circumcision

Introduction  Circumcision is the most widely practised surgical procedure in the world. One sixth of the male popuiation have a ritual circumcision. The procedure was formerly exclusively per­formed by lay practitioners, jewish rabbis and barbers with physicians playing no role in the performance and it was a purely religious rite up to the late 19th Century.  Abraham apparently first advoca...

Gastric Conduit Necrosis following esophageal reconstruction

The successful completion of esophageal reconstruction after esophagectomy is a great challenge in esophageal surgery. The gastric reconstruction is widely employed in benign and malignant esophageal disease. Compared to other digestive organs, stomach has a good blood supply and gastric procedure requires a single reconstructive anastomosis. The gastric tube is a durable graft, retaining its s...

Colon Graft Necrosis following Esophageal Reconstruction

Esophageal Stricture — Symptoms and Treatment