Items tagged “oesophagus”
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Esophagectomy
Esophagectomy is a surgical procedure that involves excision of the majority of the esophagus and part of the proximal stomach, usually as a treatment for esophageal carcinoma or carcinoma of the gastric cardia, although benign conditions (e.g. stricture) may - rarely - be treated with this appr...
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McKeown procedure
The McKeown procedure ("tri-incisional esophagectomy") is a type of esophagectomy, that is similar in concept to an Ivor Lewis procedure, but it tends to be used for esophageal lesions that are higher in the esophagus.
Procedure
laparotomy
stomach mobilized, the esophagus
"gastric tube" may ...
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Transhiatal esophagectomy
Transhiatal esophagectomy is a type of esophagectomy, a surgery that removes the distal esophagus, usually for esophageal carcinoma.
Removal of the esophagus can be performed through the chest wall (a transthoracic esophagectomy), but the thoracotomy is a major component of patient pain and com...
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Fluoroscopic evaluation of esophagectomy
Fluoroscopic evaluation of esophagectomy is an important study, given the high rate of complication following esophagectomy (~10-20% rate of leak). Although the approach will differ slightly depending on the type of esophagectomy performed, the principles are similar.
Procedure
Preprocedural e...
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Barrett esophagus
Published
20 Apr 2016
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Barium
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Esophageal perforation - Boerhaave syndrome
Published
23 May 2016
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Fluoroscopy
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Per-oral esophageal myotomy (POEM)
Per-oral esophageal myotomy (POEM) is a natural orifice endoscopic surgery that has been gaining increasing use as an alternative to traditional esophageal myotomies (e.g. Heller myotomy and Nissen fundoplication) to treat achalasia by weakening the lower esophageal sphincter.
Technique
The en...
Case
Zenker diverticulum
Published
19 Oct 2016
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Barium
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HIV esophagitis
HIV esophagitis is a possible cause of odynophagia in immunosuppressed patients with HIV.
Epidemiology
The actual incidence and prevalence of idiopathic esophagitis of HIV are unknown. Most of the patients have AIDS and a CD4 count <100 cells/mm3 3.
Clinical presentation
Principal clinical ...
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Esophageal squamous papilloma
Esophageal squamous papilloma is an uncommon finding on esophagography (barium swallow). It is a benign lesion, but it is difficult to differentiate it from osophageal carcinoma on esophagography and the diagnosis is usually made with endoscopic biopsy.
Clinical presentation
Often asymptomatic...
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Single contrast upper GI technique
Single contrast upper GI technique is a method of imaging the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum with fluoroscopy. "Single contrast" refers to imaging with barium or water-soluble contrast only, without the addition of effervescent granules.
Indications
The single contrast upper GI study may be ...
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and eagle syndrome
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28 Dec 2018
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CT
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Achalasia
Published
08 Oct 2020
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Barium
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Achalasia
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25 Oct 2020
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CT
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Timed barium esophagogram
The timed barium esophagogram (TBO) is a simple physiologic assessment and objective method for assessing the esophageal emptying used in patients with suspected achalasia and to evaluate and follow up patients who have been treated with myotomy or pneumatic dilatation1,3.
Technique
Several te...
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Ivor Lewis gastric pull-up
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31 Mar 2022
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CT
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Esophageal carcinoma
Published
15 Jul 2023
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CT
X-ray
Ultrasound
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