[Esophagectomy after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)].

Herein, we report 9 patients who underwent esophagectomy after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) between April 2003 and December 2013. All patients were men, with a mean age of 65 years. En bloc ESD was performed, and no complications arose in any patient.

[Usefulness of esophageal stenting by using a covered self-expandable metallic stent for esophagorespiratory fistula associated with esophageal carcinoma].

We report three cases of esophagorespiratory fistula associated with esophageal carcinoma successfully treated with esophageal stenting by using a covered self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS). All three cases had advanced esophageal carcinoma at middle thoracic esophagus with esophagorespiratory fistula at the level of esophageal carcinoma. Case 1 is a 58-year-old man who had lung abscess due to esophagopulmonary fistula caused after induction chemoradiotherapy.