Introduction: The growing evidence has verified the survival benefit of combined treatment of the chemotherapy followed by the surgery for advanced thoracic esophageal cancer. The endoscopic surgery for thoracic esophageal cancer has been shown to facilitate the early resumption of daily activity of the patients in the postoperative course, but is considered technically difficult especially […]
BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common condition in communities in the United States, but treatment options are limited for patients with inadequately controlled symptoms despite high doses of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and who are afraid of surgery. AIM: To determine the outcomes of transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) using the EsophyX device in a […]
Objective: We hypothesize that minimally invasive pyloroplasty provides subjective and objective improvement in gastroparesis in patients without secondary GERD. Gastroparesis is a chronic digestive disorder leading to severe and life altering nausea, vomiting, bloating and abdominal pain. Improvements in gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) times have previously been correlated with symptom improvement. Surgeons are increasingly asked […]
Introduction: Duplication of the alimentary tract is an uncommon occurrence (1 of 4500 births) in pediatric patients and can affect any portion of the gastrointestinal track. The esophagus and ileum are most common site, and gastric duplication cysts represent 4-8% of all alimentary track. Symptoms often occur by 2 years and can include nausea, vomiting, […]
Introduction: Currently, minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is being performed using Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) for mediastinal esophageal dissection. The VATS approach is still associated with pulmonary and cardiovascular morbidity, as well as incisional pain. This study investigates the feasibility of MIE using a single-incision transcervical videoscopic esophageal dissection (TVED). A simultaneous laparoscopic and transcervical videoscopic […]