introduction: esophageal and gastric cancers are among the most common cancers in iran. usually survival of these cases is poor despite of treatment. here we studied outcome of these cases in our center to have an estimation of general prognosis of patients. methods: in this retrospective study, we reviewed the data of patient's files before treatment, including cancer stage at diagnosis, types...

background: in view of high prevalence of gi cancers in lorestan province, western iran, and a large number of esophageal cancer patients in this region, this study was done to determine the frequency of various gi cancers in the area. â  methods: in a cross-sectional study, all patients from lorestan province for whom endoscoppy and colonoscopy were performed and biopsy was provided entered ou...

background: the incidence rate of esophageal squamouse cell cancer (escc) in eastern part of golestan province in iran is among the highest ones in the world. in order to discover the factors interplay in high rate of escc incidence, several case-control and cross-sectional studies were established in this area.as a cohort study has priority in detecting risk factors of a disease, a 10-year pro...

background: there are controversies regarding the usefulness of the pyloric drainage methods after esophagectomy as well as differences among various pyloric drainage techniques. therefore, we compared the outcome of pyloromyotomy, pylorus buginage, and no intervention methods on gastric emptying among patients undergone esophagectomy. materials and methods: in this randomized clinical trial, p...

Approximately 20% of caustic ingestions result in some degree of esophageal injury. Alkaline materials are the most frequent corrosive materials ingested.     The physical form and PH of ingested materials play a critical role in the site and type of gastrointestinal injury (PH > 12 or PH < 1.5, crystalline drain cleaners). Unlike Alkaline solutions, strong acids are bitter, burn on contact and...

Introduction: Esophageal cancer is a common gastro intestinal malignancy. One of the most common techniques of surgery in esophageal cancer is transhiatal esophagectomy with esophagogastric anastomosis in the neck. This technique is accompanied by complications like chronic gastero-esophegeal reflux and late stenosis. This study was designed to compare the risk of complications after two surgic...

This study describes recent trends in incidence, survival and prevalence of subgroups of esophageal and gastric cancer in Linzhou city between 2003 and 2009. Data of esophageal and gastric cancer for the period of interest were extracted from the Linzhou Cancer Registry. Using information on tumor morphology or anatomical site, data were divided into six groups; esophageal squamous cell carcino...

conclusions elective gastric pull up can be performed for children who are not above 10 kg. in such settings, the risk of respiratory infections and other complications would be significantly reduced because of shorter duration of intubation. results the mean age was 5 ± 2 years in patients who were above 10 kg and 3 ± 1 years in those less than 10 kg. patients who were less than 10 kg had shor...

BACKGROUND Gastric and esophageal cancers are among the most lethal human malignancies worldwide. Of all malignancies estimated in Iran (47,100), gastric and esophageal cancers were responsible for 7,800 and 3,500 deaths in 2008 respectively. The present study aimed to provide an image of patho-epidemiological characteristics with their trends during two past decades with emphasis on topographi...