Peroral endoscopic myotomy for a pediatric case of suspected congenital esophageal stenosis

Post written by Hirofumi Abe, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. We present an extremely rare case that was highly suspicious for congenital esophageal stenosis (CES) and successfully treated with modified peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). The patient was a 5-year-old girl with …

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Video demonstration of rendezvous technique

Mavrogenis Georgios, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology at the Grand Hôpital de Charleroi in Charleroi, Belgium presents this video demonstration of a rendezvous technique for the treatment of malignant esophagorespiratory fistula. This video case demonstrates the rendezvous technique in 2 difficult cases of complex esophageal stenosis with multiple fistulae. The rendezvous technique needs the …

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