Congenital esophageal atresia needs to be surgically corrected as soon as possible. Some will present with post surgical stricture that needs to be dilated by a balloon dilator. This procedure is difficult in premature born due to infant esophageal size and availability of equipments. We herby report the first case in a premature infant with post surgical esophageal stricture of esophageal atre...

The purpose of this retrospective study was to clarify the predictive factors correlated with esophageal stenosis within three months after radiation therapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer. We enrolled 47 patients with advanced esophageal cancer with T2-4 and stage II-III who were treated with definitive radiation therapy and achieving complete response of primary lesion at Kyushu Unive...

Recurrent esophageal stenosis following caustic injury may be difficult to treat. A tube stent developed at our institution [1] can be used as an alternative to repetitive endoscopic esophageal stricture dilation. The case of a boy with severe larynx and esophageal caustic injury at the age of 2 years is reported here. Endoscopy (●" Fig.1a) and radiography (●" Fig.2a) performed 3 weeks after th...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The diagnosis and treatment of congenital esophageal stenosis (CES) can be a vexing clinical problem. This study aims at determining the ideal therapeutic strategy for the management of CES. METHODS Medical records of patients with CES were reviewed retrospectively with regard to diagnostic method, therapy, and outcome. RESULTS During the last 29 years, 36 patients, aged ...

introduction: infants born with congenital anomalies demand individualized nutritional evaluations and recommendations. the anatomical changes of neonatal surgical diseases create specific physiological constraints.patients with different congenital anomalies have different nutritional support needs. it is essential to know the exact physiology of these anomalies in order to be able to manage a...

BACKGROUND Predictive value of preoperative endoscopic characteristic of esophageal tumor has not been fully evaluated. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of esophageal luminal stenosis on survival for patients with resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). METHODS The clinicopathologic characteristics of 623 ESCC patients who underwent curative resection as the pr...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for the treatment of esophageal mucosal lesions is associated with a risk of esophageal stenosis, especially for near-circumferential or circumferential esophageal mucosal defects. Here, we review historic and modern studies on the prevention and treatment of esophageal stenosis after ESD. These methods include prevention via pharmacological treatment, end...

transluminal balloon valvuloplasty is an alternative to surgical valvotomy for congenital pulmonary valve stenosis. the aim of this study was to evaluate the long term results (to 13.5 years) of balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty. from june 1998 to january 2012, percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty for congenital pulmonary valve stenosis was performed in 98 patients (50 males, 48 females, ...