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Neglected Esophageal Injury Presenting With Spontaneously Shrunken Retroesophageal Pocket

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2008
Cervical stab wounds with a thoracic-inlet esophageal injury are extremely rare. A 30-year-old man presented with dysphagia and stridor. He had attempted suicide by stabbing his neck with a screwdriver followed by jumping from a building 10 days ...
Chin-Chih Chang, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Yin-Yi Han, Yung-Chie Lee   +4 more
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Active esophageal cooling reduces peri-esophageal and vagal nerve injury in radiofrequency-current pulmonary vein isolation

Heart Rhythm O2
Background: Damage to peri-esophageal tissue may occur following pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Active esophageal cooling has been shown to reduce the incidence of mucosal esophageal injury, probably by dissipation of heat and inhibition of inflammation.
Dirk Grosse Meininghaus, MD, Robert Freund, PhD, Erik Kulstad, MD, J. Christoph Geller, MD   +3 more
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Incidence of esophageal injury after pulmonary vein isolation in patients with a low body mass index and esophageal temperature monitoring at a 39 °C setting

Journal of Arrhythmia, 2015
Background: Esophageal injury following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is reported to occur in 35% of patients. Even with a low energy setting (20–25 W), lesions develop in 10% of patients.
Kunihiko Kiuchi, MD, Katsunori Okajima, MD, Akira Shimane, MD, Gaku Kanda, MD, Kiminobu Yokoi, MD, Jin Teranishi, MD, Kousuke Aoki, MD, Misato Chimura, MD, Hideo Tsubata, MD, Taishi Miyata, MD, Yuuki Matsuoka, MD, Takayoshi Toba, MD, Shogo Ohishi, MD, Takahiro Sawada, MD, Yasue Tsukishiro, MD, Tetsuari Onishi, MD, Seiichi Kobayashi, MD, Yasuyo Taniguchi, MD, Shinichiro Yamada, MD, Yoshinori Yasaka, MD, Hiroya Kawai, MD, Takashi Harada, MD, Masato Ohsawa, MD, Yasutomo Azumi, MD, Mitsuharu Nakamoto, MD   +24 more
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Esophageal perforation caused by external air-blast injury [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2010
Background Esophageal perforation after external air-blast trauma is rarely presented in the emergency room. The diagnosis is often delayed more than 24 hours.
Wu Ming-Ho, Roan Jun-Neng
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Relationship of Esophageal Strictures with Esophageal Injury after Corrosive Intake [PDF]

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2018
Background: To study the relationship of esophageal strictures with esophageal injury after corrosive intake Methods: In this cross-sectional study 142 patients with a history of corrosive intake and positive clinical findings were recruited.
Arslan Shahzad
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Non-iatrogenic esophageal injury: a retrospective analysis from the National Trauma Data Bank

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2017
Background Traumatic, non-iatrogenic esophageal injuries, despite their rarity, are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The optimal management of these esophageal perforations remains largely debated.
Alberto Aiolfi, Kenji Inaba, Gustavo Recinos, Desmond Khor, Elizabeth R. Benjamin, Lydia Lam, Aaron Strumwasser, Emanuele Asti, Luigi Bonavina, Demetrios Demetriades   +9 more
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Case Report: POST ESOPHAGECTOMY ESOPHAGEAL RECONSTRUCTION IN ESOPHAGEAL INJURY DUE TO CAUSTIC MATERIALS

Folia Medica Indonesiana, 2017
The esophageal caustic injury is rare, but it requires precise and complex management. A variety of reconstruction techniques have been done, but despite the increasing volume, the incidence of complications is still relatively high.
Edwin Danardono
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Origin of Barrett’s Epithelium: Esophageal Submucosal Glands

Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2017
The origin of the progenitor cell for Barrett’s esophagus remains a major unsolved mystery. Understanding the source of this progenitor may improve strategies to prevent the development of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Esophageal submucosal glands (ESMGs)
Katherine S. Garman, MD
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Iatrogenic Intramural Dissection of the Esophagus after Insertion of a Laryngeal Mask Airway [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care, 2018
In pediatric patients, a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is usually used during minor surgeries that require general anesthesia. No esophageal injury has been reported after insertion of an LMA.
Hee Young Kim, Seung-Hoon Baek, Yong Hoon Cho, Joo-Yun Kim, Yun Mi Choi, Eun Ji Choi, Jung Pil Yoon, Jung Hyun Park   +7 more
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The use of mitomycin C in caustic esophagitis in rats [PDF]

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2013
PURPOSE: To evaluate the topical effects of mitomycin C (MMC) in rats, with or without esophageal dilation, in different moments after esophageal caustic injury with NaOH10%. METHODS: Forty eight Wistar rats were divided into six groups: "GS" infusion of
Thais França Bustamante, Pedro Luiz Toledo de Arruda Lourenção, Kátia Leitão Higa, Amanda Pinter Carvalheiro da Silva, Erika Veruska Paiva Ortolan   +4 more
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