Quelles sont les options chirurgicales pour l'œsophage ?
La fundoplicature et l'œsophagectomie sont des options chirurgicales possibles.
Chirurgie de l'œsophageFundoplicatureŒsophagectomie
#4
Quels médicaments sont utilisés pour traiter le cancer de l'œsophage ?
La chimiothérapie et la radiothérapie sont souvent utilisées pour traiter le cancer œsophagien.
Cancer de l'œsophageChimiothérapieRadiothérapie
#5
Comment gérer les symptômes de l'œsophage ?
Des changements de mode de vie, comme éviter certains aliments, peuvent aider à gérer les symptômes.
Gestion des symptômesChangements de mode de vieAlimentation
Complications
5
#1
Quelles sont les complications du reflux œsophagien ?
Les complications incluent l'œsophagite, les ulcères et le rétrécissement de l'œsophage.
Reflux gastro-œsophagienŒsophagiteUlcères
#2
Quels risques sont associés à une obstruction œsophagienne ?
Une obstruction peut entraîner des infections, des perforations et des malnutritions.
Obstruction œsophagienneInfectionsMalnutrition
#3
Comment le cancer de l'œsophage peut-il se propager ?
Le cancer peut se propager aux ganglions lymphatiques et à d'autres organes par métastase.
Cancer de l'œsophageMétastaseGanglions lymphatiques
#4
Quelles sont les complications d'une chirurgie de l'œsophage ?
Les complications peuvent inclure des infections, des saignements et des problèmes de déglutition.
Chirurgie de l'œsophageInfectionsDysphagie
#5
Quels effets secondaires des traitements du cancer de l'œsophage ?
Les effets secondaires incluent la fatigue, les nausées et les changements d'appétit.
Cancer de l'œsophageChimiothérapieEffets secondaires
Facteurs de risque
5
#1
Quels sont les facteurs de risque du cancer de l'œsophage ?
Le tabagisme, l'alcoolisme et l'obésité augmentent le risque de cancer de l'œsophage.
Cancer de l'œsophageTabagismeObésité
#2
Comment l'alimentation influence-t-elle la santé de l'œsophage ?
Une alimentation riche en aliments transformés et en graisses peut nuire à la santé de l'œsophage.
AlimentationSanté de l'œsophageAliments transformés
#3
Quel rôle joue le reflux acide dans les maladies de l'œsophage ?
Le reflux acide chronique peut endommager la muqueuse de l'œsophage et provoquer des maladies.
Reflux gastro-œsophagienMaladies de l'œsophageMuqueuse
#4
Quels médicaments augmentent le risque d'œsophagite ?
Certains anti-inflammatoires et antibiotiques peuvent provoquer une œsophagite comme effet secondaire.
ŒsophagiteMédicamentsAnti-inflammatoires
#5
Comment le stress affecte-t-il l'œsophage ?
Le stress peut aggraver les symptômes de reflux et augmenter la sensibilité de l'œsophage.
StressReflux gastro-œsophagienSensibilité
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Division of Digestive and Liver Disease, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA yongchun_zhang@sjtu.edu.cn jq2240@cumc.columbia.edu.
Columbia Center for Human Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Division of Gastroenterology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, 7th Floor South Pavilion, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: gary.falk@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Director, Center of Excellence for Barrett's Esophagus, Department of Gastroenterology/A30, Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
2020-10-22
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 430 Broadway Street, Pavilion C, 3rd Floor, C-343, Redwood City, CA 94063-6341, USA. Electronic address: john.clarke@stanford.edu.
Reflux after peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is arguably one of the greatest concerns related to the procedure. The exact incidence is difficult to establish as reflux symptoms, esophagitis, and abn...
Coins are the most commonly ingested foreign bodies in children. They usually become lodged in the upper oesophagus and should be managed immediately. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the ...
Patients who were admitted from January 2007 to December 2022 for coins lodged in the oesophagus and extracted with silicone Foley balloon catheter without anestehesia were evaluated retrospectively. ...
773 patients (416 male, 357 female), with a mean age of 3.5 years (range 6 months to 16 years), who ingested coin and extracted with Foley catether is included. The majority of patients (n = 728, 94.1...
A Foley balloon catheter can be used to safely and effectively remove coins that are lodged in the upper oesophagus avoiding the risk of general anesthesia....
The current definition for hypercontractile esophagus was arbitrarily set at the uppermost range in volunteers for a specific equipment....
This study aims to critically analyze the concept of hypercontractile waves to redefine hypercontractile esophagus parameters....
We reviewed 500 unselected and consecutive HRM tests (5000 waves) performed in a water -perfused system....
Mean distal contractility integral (DCI) was 825±1492 (0-42775) mmHg.cm.s, two standard deviations above average = 3810; 95th percentile = 2798 mmHg.cm.s....
In healthy volunteers, two standard deviations above average is 4000 mmHg.cm.s, we thus suggest this value to define hypercontractile waves and define hypercontractile esophagus in a water-perfused HR...
Currently, automatic esophagus segmentation remains a challenging task due to its small size, low contrast, and large shape variation. We aimed to improve the performance of esophagus segmentation in ...
A total of 100 cases with thoracic computed tomography scans from two publicly available datasets were used in this study. A modified CenterNet, an object location network, was employed to locate the ...
The mean dice coefficient of the 3D U-net, 2D U-net_coarse, and 2D U-net_fine models were 0.77, 0.81, and 0.82, respectively. The 95% Hausdorff distance for the above models was 6.55, 3.57, and 3.76, ...
The 3D U-net model tended to delineate fewer incorrect objects but also miss more objects. Two-stage strategy with accurate object location could enhance the robustness of the segmentation model and s...
We present a case of life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding caused by a penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer (PAU) that ruptured into the esophagus. A 65-year-old man presented with pyrexia and nause...
Esophageal cancer is becoming increasingly prevalent in Western countries. Early detection is crucial for effective treatment. Multimodal imaging combining optical coherence tomography (OCT) with comp...
We aim to develop a tethered capsule endoscope (TCE) that can accommodate a variety of point-scanning techniques in addition to OCT without requiring design iterations on the optical or mechanical des...
We propose a TCE utilizing exclusively reflective optics to focus and steer light from and to a double-clad fiber. Specifically, we use an ellipsoidal mirror to achieve finite conjugation between the ...
We demonstrate a functional all-reflective TCE. We first detail the design, fabrication, and assembly steps required to obtain such a device. We then characterize its performance and demonstrate combi...
An all-reflective TCE is feasible and allows for achromatic high-quality imaging. Such a device could be utilized as a platform for testing various combinations of modalities to identify the optimal c...
Change in mucosal microbiome is associated with various types of cancer in digestive tract. We hypothesized that microbial communities in the esophageal endoscopic wash fluids reflects resident flora ...
Because the cases are quite scarce, we aimed to review cases of foreign body impaction penetrating the neck through the esophagus to analyze the characteristics of these cases. The open surgery skills...
We collected and analyzed all cases from 2015-2020 in our hospital. Surgical skills and procedures for fasting and anti-infection treatment were reviewed retrospectively. Follow-up was telephone commu...
Our series included 15 cases. Tenderness in the pre-cervical site was a physical sign for screening. Thirteen cases underwent a lateral neck open surgery with the incision including the left side of n...
Surgery should be performed as soon as possible after impaction. Lateral neck approach surgery and the therapeutic procedure described in this article are safe and effective treatments....
Patients with acute esophageal necrosis often present with hematemesis and upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Our case report describes a patient's incidental discovery of black esophagus without recent...
Early detection of dysplasia and effective management are critical steps in halting neoplastic progression in patients with Barrett's esophagus (BE). This review provides a contemporary overview of th...