Study finds percutaneous balloon dilation offers better long-term outcomes than surgery for severe benign biliary strictures, particularly Bismuth-Strasberg type E4 and E5 cases.

The median overall survival was 43 months in the active surveillance arm and 53 months in the standard surgery arm. Some patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer may be able to safely ...

The complications of surgery are as follows ... An operative procedure for the removal of esophageal diverticulum is also described. This involves a one-stage open procedure but provides for ...

The case stemmed from an esophageal surgery Eggleston, a teaching assistant, underwent in May 2016 to repair her Zenker's diverticulum. Otolaryngologist Saba Aftab, of Advocare LLC, performed the ...

THE treatment of esophagopharyngeal diverticulum continues to be an interesting surgical problem. For the majority of practitioners interest in the subject arises out of the comparative rarity of ...

Esophageal diverticulum is a fairly rare condition ... In these cases, you might need surgery. Speech and language therapy can help you learn ways to swallow and food and drink to help lower ...

Department of Digestive Surgery, Hospital São José do Avaí, Itaperuna, Brazil. The prevalence of epiphrenic diverticulum (ED) associated with nutcracker esophagus (NE) remains unknown due to the ...

As a result, the upper esophageal sphincter doesn’t ... Clinic says that moderate to severe cases may require surgery. “Zenker’s diverticulum surgery involves removing, moving or altering ...

Surgery can help with difficulty swallowing ... In this procedure, your doctor will attach the diverticulum to the wall of your esophagus. If your doctor thinks it’s best to completely remove ...

We used laparoscopy for surgery using five punctures technique. In the intraoperative period, we found an esophageal diverticulum of approximately 8x7cm, colon of approximately 3cm, and ...

People with other congenital anomalies, including in the esophagus (food tube), rectum ... and remove the intestinal pouch. Risks for surgery to remove diverticula are similar to those of other ...