Esophagus

JANS Article
July 23, 2026 | Ali MashadiSilver Contributor

This study examines the relationship between public interest in cardiothoracic surgical conditions and corresponding research output during a 21-year period (2004–2024). Public interest was assessed using Google Trends data and...

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October 29, 2024 | Aizemaiti Rusidanmu

Objective: The authors present a challenging case of emergency esophagectomy in an 80-year-old female with locally advanced (T4) esophageal squamous cell carcinoma complicated by massive hematemesis. Methods: An 80-year-old female...

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October 10, 2024 | Dan Levy Faber

The patient was a 51-year-old female who presented with shortness of breath, low appetite, weight loss, and thoracic discomfort for a year. A CT scan of the thorax revealed an...

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October 8, 2024 | Samantha Bale

The patient was a 68-year-old male with a history of type 3 paraesophageal hernia (PEH) recurrence post receiving a Nissen fundoplication and an attempted robotic repair one year prior. The...

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July 3, 2024 | Sadia Tasnim

The Patient The patient was a seventy-three-year-old man with known epiphrenic diverticula for 13 years. He presented with worsening dysphagia to solid foods, nocturnal coughing, and regurgitation. His relevant past...

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June 14, 2024 | Justin Blasberg

At the 2024 STS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. CTSNet...

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May 23, 2024 | Vaibhav Gupta

In this video, the authors present their technique with modifications to the peroral endoscopic myotomy for Zenker’s diverticulum (Z-POEM). They believe this leads to increased effectiveness, safety, and durability of...

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April 11, 2024 | Alan ODonnellBronze Contributor

This video presents the case of the third redo slide tracheoplasty and esophagoplasty following a button battery ingestion in a previously healthy fifteen-month-old child. The patient presented to the emergency...