The complimentary role of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy in foreign body aspiration in children.

Objective: To review the importance and benefits of flexible bronchoscopy and rigid bronchoscopy in airway foreign body inhalation in children. Prompt diagnosis will lead to safer outcomes when both types of endoscopy are employed within the operating room setting.

Methods: Retrospective review of all cases of foreign body inhalation seen and treated in our Department between July 1986 and December 2010.

Transoral treatment of Zenker diverticulum: flexible endoscopy versus endoscopic stapling. A retrospective comparison of outcomes.

Transoral stapled diverticulo-esophagostomy (TSDE) has gained increased popularity in surgical treatment of Zenker diverticulum (ZD). One of the advantages of this approach is early rehabilitation with significant decrease in patient morbidity and time to resumption of oral intake as compared with open treatment. The section of the septum between the diverticulum and the esophagus with a flexible endoscopic (ES) approach has also been proposed since mid-90s as an alternative for treatment of ZD.

Treatment of congenital subglottic hemangiomas: our experience compared with reports in the literature.

Objective: To evaluate the outcome of our experience in the treatment of congenital subglottic hemangiomas.

Design: Retrospective review of records.

Setting: Airway tertiary care service.

Transoral surgical removal of a giant fibrolipoma of the esophagus: case report.

An esophageal mass of more than 20 cm in length was diagnosed in a patient who presented with persistent dysphagia. Diagnosis of an endo-esophageal tumour was made by barium swallow; esophagoscopy confirmed the presence of a capsulated pink endo-esophageal mass. MRI confirmed the presence of a large capsulated mass within the esophagus, that appeared to be adipose tissue; a small stalk originating at the level of the upper esophageal sphincter was described and the polyp extended down to the gastroesophageal junction.