INTRODUCTION Caustic ingestion is responsible for a spectrum of upper gastrointestinal tract injury from self-limited to perforation. This study conducted to evaluate clinical characteristics as well as surgical outcomes in patients with caustic ingestion. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between Nov1993 to march 2011, 14 adults with a clinical evidence of corrosive ingestion were admitted into our inst...

Introduction:   Radiotherapy with or without surgery plays an important role in the treatment of patients with esophageal cancer. In the treatment planning of esophageal cancer, usually normal lung volume was observed in the treatment fields and probably received high radiation dose. The incidence of radiation pneumonitis (RP) after radiotherapy (RT) for sensitive organ of lu...

INTRODUCTION Thoracoscopic esophageal atresia (EA) repair was first performed in 1999, but still the technique is treated as one of the most complex pediatric surgical procedures. AIM The study presents a single-center experience and learning curve of thoracoscopic repair of esophageal atresia and tracheo-esophageal (distal) fistula. MATERIAL AND METHODS From 2012 to 2014, 10 consecutive pa...

BACKGROUND While esophageal fistula formation in the adjacent organs is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, the management of non-aortic arterio-esophageal fistula has not been frequently reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 69-year-old Japanese man who had undergone definitive chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer was admitted to our hospital with hematemesis. He was diagnosed ...

Introduction: A Nasogastric (NG) tube insertion is a common technique in all neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). In some cases, NG insertion in infants with friable esophageal tissues may lead to some adverse side-effects, although such problems are not commonly seen. Esophageal perforation is a rare but known complication associated with this procedure. Methods: An infant (first child), we...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the changes in esophageal physiology that are produced after laparoscopic surgery in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). METHODS From May 1996 until January 2000, 13 patients with GERD underwent antireflux laparoscopic surgery. In 8 patients, preoperative manometric studies showed motility disorders characterized by a decre...

commonly diagnosed esophageal disorder in horses and is often caused by impaction with feed or bedding material.1–3 Although resolution of esophageal impaction is most often achieved conservatively, internal esophageal trauma can cause considerable damage and ulceration of the mucosa.2 Spontaneous healing of mucosal defects with conservative management consisting of administration of antibiotic...

Background: Postoperative patients with esophageal carcinoma (EC) are prone to malnutrition. Studies have shown that the incidence of malnutrition after EC surgery reaches 60–80%, and deaths due account for about 22%. Patients need at least 3 months establish a new dietary pattern surgery, so short-term enteral nutrition is great significance. The aim present study was investigate effects famil...

BACKGROUND Long-term survival in patients with esophageal cancer remains dismal despite the recent improvements in surgery, the advances in radiotherapy (RT) technology, and the refinement of systemic treatments, including the advent of targeted therapies. Although surgery constitutes the treatment of choice for early-stage disease (stage I), a multimodal approach, including preoperative or def...