Treatment of anastomotic leak after Ivor Lewis esophagectomy.

Introduction: Anastomotic leak (AL) is one of the most serious surgical complications after esophagectomy. Endoscopic, radiological and surgical methods are used in the treatment of AL. The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate our therapeutic procedures and results of AL treatment after Ivor Lewis esophagectomy (ILE).

[Stents--palliative and curative management of esophageal conditions. Seven-year surgical experience].

The authors present their experience with endoscopic introduction of stents into esophagus and cardia based on data collected from a group of 520 patients. Their study included both paliative management of stenoses in carcinomas of the esophagus and cardia, as well as management of other esophageal conditions, including fistules, perforations and various types of stenoses, including the use of novel absorbable stents.

[Paliative managment of oesophageal carcinomas--our experience].

The authors of this presentation explain their experience with methods of paliative care of oesophagus carcinoma. The indication criteria are described and compared advantages and disadvantages of those methods. There is an accent in most frequent method--oesophagus stent implementation.

[Complications of endoscopic extraction of foreign bodies and their treatment].

Endoscopic extraction of foreign bodies from the upper part of the digestive tract has become recently the method of choice. As this method can be associated with very serious complications which cannot be resolved endoscopically and which may have permanent sequelae, it is important to consider the indication of endoscopic extraction of foreign bodies from the oesophagus or stomach very carefully. Fore illustration the authors present the case of a young female patient who swallowed by mistake a fork During its extraction a serious injury of the oesophagus occurred which had to be treated surgically.

[Personal experience with palliative endoscopic treatment of stenoses in the upper gastrointestinal tract].

The authors discuss the endoscopic approach to stenoses in the area of the oesophagus and cardia in patients with contraindication of radical surgery. They describe the method of treatment with regard to the type and character of the stenosis. The work is based on 10 years experience with palliative endoscopic treatment of benign and malignant stenoses of the upper GIT.