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Esophagus

April 11, 2024
This video demonstrates the third redo slide tracheoplasty and esophagoplasty in a fifteen-month-old following button battery ingestion on VA-ECMO.
March 20, 2024
This video discusses when and how to perform esophageal lengthening in paraesophageal hernia repair.
March 13, 2024
Watch Prof. Shanda Blackmon discuss her new book on lessons from patient support groups, including the importance of these groups for both patients and surgeons.
March 13, 2024
This video shows a unique method of jejunostomy tube (J-tube) extension placement through a gastrostomy tube (G-tube) in diverted post-esophagectomy patients with immature G-tube tracts.
February 13, 2024
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos.
October 18, 2023
This video shares a twelve-step operative approach for a robotic Nissen fundoplication with operative steps and technical pearls.
October 16, 2023
This video demonstrates resection of an esophageal leiomyoma.
May 19, 2023
In 737 patients who underwent esophagectomy at an experienced single center, strictures developed in 105 patients, or 14 percent, that required endoscopic dilation within a year.
April 13, 2023
This study aimed to measure the quality of life (QOL) as reported by patients after esophagectomy, a procedure which has a high rate of mortality.
April 10, 2023
This video reviews the technique for robotic-assisted paraesophageal hernia repair with both Dor and Nissen fundoplications, focusing on operative anatomy and critical steps for early learners.

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