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During the past four years three patients have been seen with ischemia of the colon segment following colon interposition. Colon interposition was done for esophageal cancer in two patients and for esophageal stricture following ingestion of lye. Colon ischemia was manifested as early as two weeks in one patient and as late as eight weeks in the others. Colon ischemia presented a frank gangrene with cervical fistula or as dysphagia due to stricture formation. Dysphagia in two patients prompted mechanical dilatation of the colon segment which led to perforation in both cases. All three patients had empyemas. The management of these patients includes proper diagnosis, drainage of abscesses and antibiotic treatment, hyperalimentation and visceral arteriography to delineate the residual colon for reinterposition. Two of the three patients in the series are long-term survivors and are well.
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PMID:Management of colon ischemia following colon interposition for esophageal substitution. 9 13

A sixteen months old girl with Down's-Syndrome suffered from congenital oesophageal membrane and segmental oesophageal stricture. In the neonatal period, two other associated malformations of the gastrointestinal tract (malrotation of gut and duodenal web) had been operated successfully. The first endoscopic examination of the eosophagus was performed at the age of sixteen months because of increasing dysphagia. A solid membrane in the lower part of the oesophagus was incised by diathermy. The associated segmental stenosis necessitated repeated bougienages. After this treatment the child developed well without clinical signs of dysphagia.
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PMID:Endoscopic therapy of a congenital oesophageal stricture. 15 21

A case of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome in an elderly man who presented with dysphagia and subsequently developed esophageal stricture is described. This is an infrequent concomitant of the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, especially as a presenting complaint. The literature on esophageal involvement in the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is briefly reviewed.
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PMID:Zollinger-Ellison syndrome presenting as esophageal stricture. 51 Aug 71

The present paper describes two rare cases of epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica (recessive), one with oesophageal stricture and another with laryngeal stenosis, along with other usual features of the disease. Different views on the line of treatment of the oesophageal stricture as a complication of this dreadful disease are discussed. Replacement of the strictured oesophagus by coloplasty may be contemplated in the first case, if the patient develops increasing dysphagia. In the second case, with cicatrical stenosis of the larynx and hoarseness of voice which is a rare complication of the disease, not reported in the literature so far, a tracheostomy is contemplated when the child develops acute respiratory distress. These two cases are under observation.
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PMID:Epidermolysis bullosa and its E.N.T. manifestations. Two case reports. 65 75

A patient is described who developed a benign oesophageal stricture following cardiac surgery. A brief review of the literature is given and the possible dangers of oral potassium cholride therapy in patients with dysphagia are highlighted.
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PMID:Benign oesophageal stricture following oral potassium chloride therapy. 96 15

Two patients with dense distal esophageal strictures associated with progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) are discussed. Both were treated with a Thal-Nissen procedure. Both patients now can eat without difficulty and have experienced no dysphagia. Although the peristalsis in the esophagus is markedly depressed or absent, food still can pass through the Nissen wrap into the stomach. The Thal-Nissen patch and fundoplication is an effective and well-tolerated operative procedure for the unusual patient with distal esophageal stricture and scleroderma.
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PMID:Surgical treatment of esophageal stricture in patients with scleroderma. 111 53

Since 1966 we have used esophageal dilation plus Nissen fundoplication as our sole method of treating esophageal strictures caused by reflux esophagitis. Twenty-six patients were treated for esophageal strictures. Dysphagia, vomiting, and weight loss were the main complaints. All had roentgenographic evidence of esophageal stricture confirmed by endoscopy. All patients had preoperative or intraoperative dilation of the stenotic segment with a Hurst dilator, followed by Nissen fundoplication as the antireflux operation of choice. This more conservative approach, which corrects both the reflux and stricture problem, has not been associated with mortality nor has there been any morbidity associated with the dilation procedure. All patients thus treated have remained asymptomatic on normal alimentation for the follow-up period, which ranges from six months to seven years.
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PMID:Esophageal stricture secondary to reflux esophagitis. 113 Oct 7

A series of 8 patients with severe oesophageal strictures secondary to reflux oesophagitis who have been treated by antrectomy with Roux-en-Y anastomosis is described. There was 1 postoperative death. The remaining patients have been completely relieved of heartburn and all have had a dramatic improvement in their dysphagia. This method of treatment is strongly recommended for patients who have had prior surgery to the hiatus which has failed, and for those who are too elderly or frail to withstand a direct attack on their oesophageal stricture.
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PMID:Antrectomy with Roux-en-Y anastomosis in the treatment of peptic oesophagitis with stricture. 117 98

A case of squamous cell carcinoma arising from an esophageal intramural squamous epithelial cyst is reported. Review of the literature reveals no previous reports of malignant transformation of esophageal cysts, although there have been reports of approximately 64 cases of benign esophageal cysts, and 35 cases of carcinoma arising in esophageal diverticula. In the present case, there was a history of increasing dysphagia for 2 months. Esophagram demonstrated a 4.5-cm concentric narrowing of the proximal esophagus just below the superior esophageal ring. Esophagoscopies revealed an esophageal stricture with intact mucosa, and bronchoscopy showed the lesion to be producing tracheal deviation. Multiple esophageal biopsies revealed mild mucosal hyperplasia with deep submucosal inflammatory changes suggesting an underlying lesion. Despite lack of histologic proof of malignancy, the patient underwent radiation therapy and bleomycin chemotherapy on the basis of the highly suggestive radiographic findings, but died with bilateral bronchopneumonia 6 months after admission. Autopsy demonstrated a 1.5-cm long intramural esophageal squamous epithelial cyst, from which arose a locally invasive squamous cell carcinoma, without mucosal involvement or metastases. There was no demonstrable evidence of any associated esophageal diverticulum.
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PMID:Intramural squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. 126 Jun 74

From January 1986 through 1990, 70 children (42 boys, 28 girls) with esophageal stricture resulting from ingestion of caustic potash underwent simultaneous esophagectomy and colonic interposition utilizing the transhiatal esophageal approach. At the time of the procedure, their ages ranged from 14 months to 6 years (mean, 3.2 years). Thoracotomy was needed in one patient due to accidental injury to the tracheal during esophageal mobilization. There were 3 deaths from respiratory failure. Otherwise, morbidity was low, and there were satisfactory long-term functional results. The use of isoperistaltic left colon based on both ascending and descending branches of the left colic vessels resulted in survival of all grafts. End-to-side esophagocolic anastomosis decreased the incidence of both postoperative leak (2 instances) and late stenosis (1 case needed surgical revision). Construction of a length of colonic graft equal to the gap between the esophagus above the stricture and the stomach and fixation of the graft to the edge of the esophageal hiatus reduced the incidence of late colonic redundancy in the chest; this did occur in 4 cases but was not associated with dysphagia. Routine pyloroplasty and anterior cologastric anastomosis to the gastric antrum contributed to the absence of gastrocolic reflux and peptic ulceration in this series.
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PMID:Transhiatal esophagectomy and colonic interposition for caustic esophageal stricture. 140 42


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