Step 7: Intraoperative Endoscopy The esophageal stethoscope and the orogastric tube are removed, and an endoscope is inserted. The endoscopic view allows easy identification of the squamocolumnar ...

A SILASTIC transanastomotic feeding tube and early enteral nutrition was used for 19 of 23 consecutively treated patients after repair of esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula.

can aid patients suffering from blockages caused by tumors or those requiring stents. For example, traditional esophageal stents are metal tubes used in patients with esophageal cancer ...

The benefit is that you do not have a tube in your nose for 24 hours. The limitation is that this requires an EGD. Esophageal Manometry. This entails a narrow tube being placed into the end of your ...

The esophagus is a muscular tube that moves food and liquids from your mouth to your stomach. In esophageal cancer, cancer starts on the inner lining of the esophagus and spreads outwards through the ...