Concurrent chemoradiation plays an integral role in the treatment of esophageal cancer. Proton beam radiation therapy has the potential to spare adjacent critical organs, improving toxicity profiles and potentially improving...
A short floppy fundoplication has been the surgical dogma to prevent dysphagia and gas-bloat after laparoscopic fundoplication while adequately addressing gastroesophageal reflux disease. The literature on the ideal length of...
Strong evidence support the use of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in the management of dysplastic/neoplastic Barrett’s esophagus (BE). Recently, the efficacy of the cryoballoon ablation (CBA) system was demonstrated in...
Triptans are potent serotoninergic vasoconstrictors. They are generally avoided in elderly patients age greater than 65 or in patients with a history of CAD. Although there are reported cases of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) or...
Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has become the most popular bariatric procedure worldwide. However, SG is associated with de novo gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) and esophagitis, with concerns for progression into Barrett’s...
Esophageal perforation is associated with high morbidity and mortality. In addition to surgical treatment, endoscopic endoluminal stent placement and endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) are established methods in the management of...
Lipomas are the third most common benign tumor of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, typically occurring in the colon or small intestine. Less than 100 cases of symptomatic duodenal lipomas have been reported. Symptoms include...
Chronic cough is characterized by cough as the only or main symptom, with a duration of more than 8 weeks and no obvious abnormality in chest X-ray examination. Its etiology is complex, including respiratory disease, digestive...
Candy cane syndrome is an underappreciated complication reported in bariatric patients following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. It results from an excessively long blind afferent Roux limb at the gastrojejunostomy that can lead to...
Esophageal stricture is one of the most serious complications of caustic ingestion in children, and may occasionally recur or be refractory to management with repeated dilations.To pre sent a case of the use of a silicone-coated...
The genetic characteristics of Barrett’s esophagus (BE) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) in the Japanese population is unclear. This study aims to investigate the genetic characteristics from nondysplastic BE (NDBE) to...
Inhaled short-acting β-adrenergic agonists can rarely elicit paradoxical bronchospasm (PB), which may be fatal. The purpose to this study was to determine whether post-bronchodilator PB is reported in spirometry test results of...
