Background/Objective: Foreign body in the esophagus is a common emergency presentation. Conventional x-ray imaging is usually obtained to aid the diagnosis during the initial evaluation. The decision for surgical intervention is usually based on a suspicious history, physical examination and radiologic findings. Our hypothesis is that radiographic imaging should not alter the decision for surgi...

Objectives: This report concerns office-based esophageal foreign body extraction using transnasal videoendoscopy and advantages of this intervention. Methods: A videoendoscope with a working channel for irrigation, air insufflation and forceps was used. The diameter of the videoendoscope tip was 5.3 mm. Transoral esophageal foreign body extraction using transnasal esophagoscopy was performed un...

The paper presents a clinical case of successful treatment for fourth-grade achalasia cardia using video laparoscopic esophagocardiomyotomy with esophagocardiogastroplasty according to T.A. Suvorova. surgery involves peculiar process – the triangular-folded anterior wall stomach is sutured edges formed defect in muscular layer esophagus and cardia. In early late postoperative period, patients d...

Foreign body ingestion in children is considered an emergency. The most common ingested foreign bodies are coins; however, the of disc batteries on rise requiring urgent rigid esophagoscopy. In literature, multiple very rare and only a few cases coins battery have been reported past. Herein, case simultaneous coin removal two sequential endoscopies due to improper initial evaluation pediatric p...

A 73-year old man presented with dysphagia for liquid and solid food. Barium contrast study of the esophagus and esophagoscopy demonstrated a fibrovascular polyp. This, almost 10 cm benign esophageal tumor, was removed surgically by a cervical esophagotomy. A fibrovascular polyp is a rare benign tumor of the esophagus, which, however, may give serious complications as asphyxia resulting from la...