Corrosive ingestion is a rare but potentially devastating event and, despite the availability of
effective preventive public health strategies, injuries continue to occur. Most clinicians have …

Esophagectomy, even with the progress in surgical technique and perioperative
management, is a highly specialized surgery, associated with a high rate of complications …

Hypothesis The use of colonic interposition in esophageal replacement after
esophagectomy for cancer results in similar morbidity, mortality, and long-term outcome …

After resective and reconstructive surgery in the gastrointestinal tract, oral feeding is
traditionally avoided in order to minimize strain to the anastomoses and to reduce the …

Replacement of the native esophagus after esophagectomy is a problem that has
challenged surgeons for over a century. Not only must the conduit be long enough to bridge …

Objective: The aim of this study was to report our experience in the management of late
morbidity after colonic interposition for caustic injury and to assess the influence of …

Diagnostic and therapeutic interventions on the esophagus or adjacent organs are
responsible for nearly half of all esophageal perforations. If not recognized at the time of the …

Background. Benign tracheo-neo-esophageal fistulas after esophagectomy are rare and
treatment can be challenging. They can result from perioperative tracheal injury or various …

Background After esophagectomy for cancer, the first choice for reconstruction of the
gastrointestinal continuity is by gastric tube. When this is not feasible, a reconstruction by …

Background Colonic interposition is a second-line option after oesophagectomy when a
gastric neo-oesophagus is not viable. There is no consensus on the optimum anatomical …