Carcinoid tumour of the oesophagus: a systematic review by Mazaher Ramezani, Masoud Sadeghi

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Influence of Life Style Factors on Barrett’s Oesophagus by A. Horna Strand, T. Franzén

“…Since the incidence of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus is rising, the prognosis is poor, and surveillance programs are expensive and mostly cost ineffective, there is a need to increase the knowledge of risk factors in Barrett’s oesophagus and oesophageal cancer in order to be able to give attention to medical prevention and/or surveillance programs. …”
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Management and prognosis of iatrogenic perforations of the cervical oesophagus and hypopharynx by Einav G. Levin, Amit Ritter, Amir Amitai, Thomas Shpitzer, Gideon Bachar, Aviram Mizrachi, Yaniv Hamzany

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Heterotopic Gastric Mucosa in Cervical Oesophagus: Clinical Observations by A. I. Dolgushina, A. O. Khikhlova, E. R. Olevskya, O. V. Naumenko, S. Yu. Belousov

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Histogenesis of the Oesophagus of Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris) at Prehatch and Posthatch by Innocent Jonah Gosomji, Sulaiman Olawoye Salami, James Oliver Nzalak, Muhammed Umar Kawu, Emmanuel Vandi Tizhe, Yilzem George Gurumyen, Edward Christopher Dung

“…The histogenesis of the primordial oesophagus was studied to determine the period in which the tunics of the oesophagus developed and became functional in the helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris). …”
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The relationship between reflux symptoms and glycogenic acanthosis lesions of the oesophagus by Nimet Yılmaz

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Mixed Adenoneuroendocrine Carcinoma Is a Rare but Important Tumour Found in the Oesophagus by Mohammad Murad Kasim Kadhim, Marie Louise Jespersen, Hans Kristian Pilegaard, Marianne Nordsmark, Gerda Elisabeth Villadsen

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Foreign Bodies in the Oesophagus: The Experience of the Buenos Aires Paediatric ORL Clinic by Alberto Chinski, Francesca Foltran, Dario Gregori, Simonetta Ballali, Desiderio Passali, Luisa Bellussi

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Asymptomatic Barrett’s Oesophagus-Complicated Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease at Ineffective Antisecretory Therapy by E. V. Barkalova, S. S. Pirogov, D. N. Andreev, M. A. Ovsepyan, I. V. Maev, A. D. Kaprin

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Endoscopic View of the Aorta Through the Oesophagus: An Unusual Complication Post Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair by Kushedison Yunus, Hasib Ahmadzai, Eleanor Noreen Dunlop, Andrew Thomson

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Developmentally Delayed Male with Mincer Blade Obstructing the Oesophagus for a Period of Time Suspected to Be 6 Months by Christian Grønhøj Larsen, Birgitte Charabi

“…Sharp, retained foreign bodies in the oesophagus are associated with severe complications. …”
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Automatic three-dimensional reconstruction of the oesophagus in achalasia patients undergoing POEM: an innovative approach for evaluating treatment outcomes by Alanna Ebigbo, Helmut Messmann, Vivian Grünherz, Miriam Elia, Alessandra Brunner, Tamara Krafft, Leo Pöller, Pia Schneider, Fabian Stieler, Bernhard Bauer, Anna Muzalyova, Sandra Nagl

“…We present an innovative approach for treatment response prediction based on an automatic three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of the tubular oesophagus (TE) and the lower oesophageal sphincter (LES) in patients undergoing POEM for achalasia.Methods A software was developed, integrating data from high-resolution manometry, timed barium oesophagogram and endoscopic images to automatically generate 3-D reconstructions of the TE and LES. …”
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Multidisciplinary management of a patient with acute oesophageal necrosis and severe neurological symptoms with full recovery by Katrīna Terehova, Poļina Zaļizko, Krista Lazdovska, Raimonds Skumbiņš, Aldis Puķītis

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Long-term risk factors for developing Barrett’s oesophagus in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a longitudinal cohort study by John F Dillon, Paul Brennan, James Cotton, James Carberry, Christopher J Byrne

“…Background and aims Several characteristics are known to affect the risk of Barrett’s oesophagus (BO) in the general population, with symptomatic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) being a critical risk factor. …”
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Anterior mediastinal tracheostomy – a salvage procedure for tracheal necrosis after thyroidectomy for medullary thyroid cancer: a case-report by Hanan Hemead, Akshay J. Patel, Hannah Jesani, Sajith Kumar, Irfan Ahmed, Sat Parmar, Robert Warner, Neil Sharma, Maninder S. Kalkat

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A Case of Achalasia Presented with Cardiopulmonary Arrest by Fatih Altintoprak, Bumin Degirmenci, Enis Dikicier, Guner Cakmak, Taner Kivilcim, Omer Yalkin, Gokhan Akbulut, Osman Nuri Dilek

“…Achalasia is a rare disorder characterised by obstruction of the distal oesophagus and subsequent dilation of the proximal oesophagus. …”
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The impact of age and sex on the occurrence of pathology in the wall of the upper gastrointestinal tract by Przemysław Dyrla, Jerzy Gil, Stanisław Niemczyk, Marek Saracyn, Krzysztof Kosik, Sebastian Czarkowski, Arkadiusz Lubas

“…Until 65 years of age, these differences were significant for the oesophagus (27.27% vs. 0.00%, p = 0.044) and the stomach (25.93% vs. 4.00%, p = 0.029). …”
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Histomorphological Description of the Digestive System of Pebbly Fish, Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835) by Nasser Kasozi, Gerald Iwe Degu, Julius Mukalazi, Charles Drago Kato, Majid Kisekka, Akisoferi Owori Wadunde, Godfrey Kityo, Victoria Tibenda Namulawa

“…Stratified squamous epithelia lined the oesophagus in the anterior portion which turned into a columnar epithelium towards the stomach. …”
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Impact of introducing transnasal endoscopy on expanding diagnostic endoscopy services by Nigel Trudgill, Hasan Haboubi, Jeff Turner, Laura Munglani, Tom Crosby, Ben Thomas Crosby, Karen Wright, Kay Charles, Wendy Evans, Megan Mathias, Stevie Davies, Badr Abdalla

“…It also was associated with better image quality in the oesophagus with a POLPREP A3 Score (excellent image quality) in 36/98 available images compared with 26/136 TOE (p=0.028) and was equivalent to TOE in the stomach and duodenum. …”
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Systemic sclerosis and the gastrointestinal tract by Irena Walecka

“…Gastrointestinal involvement is a serious and prevalent complication of SSc, and the oesophagus is the most frequently affected organ. Both limited and diffuse cutaneous SSc involve internal organs, with the involvement of the gastrointestinal tract as a leading cause of morbidity. …”
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