Esophageal duplication cysts are infrequent anomalies of the gastrointestinal tract that are predominantly found in children. The conventional surgical approach for removal of these cysts is an open surgery one with a posterolateral thoracotomy incision. However, more recently, these cysts have been excised via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). In this article, we present 2 pediatric...

Benign esophagorespiratory fistula is a rare but often lethal affection and difficult to cure. Possible treatments are surgery or esophageal stenting but may fail and cause respiratory failure. Two patients with spontaneous esophagorespiratory fistula after chemoradiotherapy for an esophageal malignancy were both treated by esophageal exclusion but esophageal stent were left in place. The esoph...

INTRODUCTION An esophagorespiratory fistula (ERF) can cause severe pneumonia or a lung abscess which progresses to life-threatening sepsis. A case of a patient with esophageal cancer and an esophagopulmonary fistula (EPF) who underwent separation surgery with drainage tube-less (DRESS) esophagostomy and was promptly started on definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is reported. PRESENTATION OF CA...

A 77-year-old Japanese woman with cervical dystonia was admitted to our institution for steroid therapy acute hepatitis secondary autoimmune hepatitis. We prescribed oral bisphosphonates prevent steroid-induced osteoporosis. Six days after the first dose of bisphosphonate, patient complained pharyngeal and back pain. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed an ulcer in esophagus (Figure A). Co...

epiphrenic esophageal diverticula (eed) are rare. the estimated incidence is about 1:500,000/year. eed usually result from a combination of esophageal obstruction, functional or mechanical and a point of weakness of the muscularis propria. most of the symptoms are unspecific, but dysphagia is most common. chest radiograph, barium esophagogram, endoscopy and manometry  are diagnostic tools. the ...

Background Esophageal submucosal hematoma is a rare complication after endovascular surgery. We report a case of an esophageal submucosal hematoma which may have been caused by rigorous cough during extubation. Case presentation A 75-year-old woman underwent endovascular treatment for unruptured cerebral aneurysm under general anesthesia. The patient received aspirin and clopidogrel before su...

BACKGROUND Plication of an esophageal hiatus during surgery for esophageal hiatal hernia is a common practice; however, a mesh may be used if the hiatus is markedly enlarged. Recently, various late complications occurring as a result of mesh-induced esophageal and/or gastric wall injuries have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 71-year-old woman presented at a neighborhood clinic in November ...

OBJECTIVE To describe our experience in treating esophageal and pharyngeal perforation after anterior cervical spine surgery. METHODS Six patients with esophageal injury and one patient with pharyngeal injury after anterior cervical spinal surgery, managed at our department between 2000 and 2015, were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS During the study period, 7 patients (6 male and 1 female...

ALI Acute lung injury ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease CT Computerized tomography CXR Chest X-ray (radiograph) DLT Double lumen endotracheal tube(s) ECG Electrocardiogram EGD Esophagogastroduodenoscopy EUS Endoscopic ultrasound GDFT Goal-directed fluid therapy GERD Gastroesophageal reflux disease LEA Lumbar epidural analgesia LES Lower esophage...