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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May 11, 2022 | Brian Housman

The Ivor Lewis esophagectomy has remained the procedure of choice for localized middle or lower esophageal cancer since it was first introduced in 1946 (1,2). Despite its widespread use, the...

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April 13, 2022 | Daniel Gwan-Nulla

Partial or total esophagectomy is indicated for the management of end-stage achalasia. The instrumentation and optics of the robotic platform in this video allowed for a minimally invasive direct and...

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March 15, 2022 | Erin Schumer

This article and accompanying video present a case of a robotic assisted Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy after gastric band placement. The patient was a sixty-seven-year-old man who had previously undergone placement of...

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January 19, 2022 | Dana Ferrari-Light

Anastomotic leaks after minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy result in high morbidity for patients, including reoperation, prolonged hospitalization, and the need for distal feeding access. The treatment of anastomotic leaks...

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April 7, 2021 | Benjamin Palleiko

In this video, we present a patient with a recurrent paraesophageal hernia who underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic re-do paraesophageal hernia repair with Nissen fundoplication. The patient is a 76M with a...

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March 19, 2021 | Teresa Gomez-Hernandez

The authors present the clinical case of a 37-year-old man with a medical history of diabetes mellitus type I and acute biliary pancreatitis who consulted for dysphagia and abdominal pain....

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March 5, 2021 | Andrew Giles

Perforation of Zenker’s diverticulum is a known risk of endoscopic procedures, and surgical transcervical repair or drainage is the standard management (1). Unresolved leak may require alternate means of drainage....

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February 22, 2021 | Diana Hsu

The authors present a case of successful minimally invasive esophagectomy after prior open Nissen fundoplication and gastrostomy, not previously described in the literature. A 43-year-old man presented with dysphagia to...