Bremner, C G Demeester, T R
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Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
The increasing incidence of adenocarcinoma of the lower esophagus and cardia arising in Barrett's metaplastic epithelium continues to be of great concern because medical and surgical efforts to reverse the process have been disappointing. A potential answer to the problem is removal of the metaplastic epithelium. Modern technology has introduced ph...
Hatlebakk, J G Castell, J A Spiegel, J Paoletti, V Katz, P O Castell, D O
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Inability to maintain oral nutrition due to oropharyngeal dysphagia is common in patients with a variety of neurological and neuromuscular disorders and severely affects quality of life. Cricopharyngeal dilatation has been used as empiric therapy in these patients, but little data exist on symptom response and there is no data on the effect on the ...
Liu, K Wang, Y J Cheng, Q S Ma, Q F
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Ten cases of Boerhaave's syndrome have been treated in this hospital from 1983-1998. Nine patients underwent surgery resulting in complete recovery in seven cases and two postoperative deaths. One was treated with a satisfactory outcome. Vomiting was considered to be the determinative factor for the illness in eight cases. The relationship between ...
Kajiyama, Y Kanno, H Ueno, M Udagawa, H Tsutsumi, K Kinoshita, Y Nakamura, T Akiyama, H Miwa, S Tsurumaru, M
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For thoracic esophageal cancer, we perform extended three field lymph node dissection, and have achieved nearly 50% of overall 5-year survival. However, patients sometimes develop lymph node recurrences in spite of having no lymph node metastases found by conventional histopathologic examination. In a patient with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma...
Ellis, F H Jr
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In summary, the role of long esophagomyotomy for patients with DES and related motor disorders remains controversial. The results are poorer than those following esophagomyotomy for achalasia, and long-term postoperative follow-up of these patients is essential because early good results may be misleading. Two methods are considered equally effecti...
Falk, G L Harrison, R I
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Pimenta, A P Lopes, J M Gouveia, A
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Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
There are some unusual esophageal lesions, which by their rarity, and location or etiology raise difficult therapeutic decisions for surgeons. In this report, we describe an esophageal inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) associated with a pseudodiverticulosis cyst in an adult male. We discuss the pathogenic and the anatomopathological aspects of these u...
Loviscek, L F Cenoz, M C Badaloni, A E Agarinakazato, O
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Esophagus achalasia is considered by many authors a preneoplasic disease and, for this reason, they propose a follow-up with endoscopies and brush cytology. For others, the possibility of cancer in achalasia is very low and the surveillance is not justified owing to its fallibility and high cost. Generally, cancer in achalasia has a late diagnosis ...
Dicks, J R Majeed, A W Stoddard, C J
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Dudhat, S B Shinde, S R
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Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
Eighty patients underwent transhiatal esophagectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. Dysphagia for solids was the presenting symptom in 90% of the patients. The standard technique of transhiatal esophagectomy was used and cervical anastomosis were hand sewn. The average operative time and blood loss were 190 min and 350 cc respectively...
