• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.37 no.7
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• pp.617-621
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• 2004

End-to-end anastomosis for benign esophageal stricture (BES) is technically easier and relatively lower in morbidity than esophago-enterostomy. We performed segmental resection and end-to-end anastomosis in 2 cases of short segmental BES who were failed repeated endoscopic dilatation. A 13-month-old female with postoperative stricture was treated successfully. However, a 27-year-old female with corrosive stricture required second operative management of esophago-colo-gastrostomy following end-to-end anastomosis. Our experiences suggested that end-to-end anastomosis for BES could be used as a valid procedure for well selected patients. However, further studty is needed to compare with esophago-enterostomy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.787-790
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• 2008

Barrett's esophagus is precancerous lesion of esophageal adenocarcinoma, but this has been rarely reported in Korea. A 81-year-old man with esophageal adenocarcinoma was admitted to our hospital, and we performed a distal esophagectomy and end-to-end esophagogastrostomy. The microscopic examination of the resected tissue revealed the intestinal metaplasia with goblet cells around the esophageal adenocarcinoma, which indicates this was a Barrett's esophagus. We report here on this case along with a review of the relevant literature.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.236-240
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• 1997

The management of neonate with long gap atresia without a fistula(type A) is complex and controversial. Various esophageal reconstruction include use of native esophagus or replacement with colon, stomach and small bowel. A severe premature male, at 28 weeks gestation weighing 1.2kg, was born with type A esophageal atresia in Chonnam University Hospital. Initial treatment consisted of gastrostomy under the local anesthesia and suctioning of proximal pouch, and than underwent delayed esophageal end to end anastomosis. A minimal leakage and mediastinitis ocurred postoperatively, but was treated by adequate drainage and negative suction from the leakage site through the gastrostomy. The patient was discharged in good general condition and normal weight of 5.4kg after 4 months after the surgery.

• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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• 1983.05a
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• pp.14.3-14
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• 1983

In recent years there has been considerable interest in reconstructive surgery of the trachea for cervical tracheal stenosis developed by complication of endotracheal intubation or tracheotomy, or trauma of the neck. The methods used to reconstruct the tracheal defects can be repaired with end-to - end anastomosis, cervical flaps, and autogenous graft materials. Since Grillo had undertaken tracheal reconstruction after circumferential resection in dogs, resection and end - to - end anastomosis was used in cases of circumferential stenosis. And, costal, nasal septal and auricular cartilage have been used for the autogenous graft materials. Since Caputo and Consiglio had undergone tracheoplasty with auricular cartilage, Morgenstein reported successful repair of a tracheal defect with a composite postauricular cartilage graft. The advantages of the auricular cartilage graft are its easy accessibility, availability and familiarity to the otolaryngologist. In past 2 years, We performed the tracheoplasty with auricular cartilage graft and end- to end an astomosis after segmental resection in 5 patients who had suffered from tracheal stenosis. And we obtained good results. So, we reported the cases with review of the literatures.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.457-461
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• 1997

L casts of Barrett's esophagus complicated with stricture is reported. A 82 years old male was undergone distal esophagectomy '||'&'||' esophagogastrostomy on suspicion of malignancy. The microscopic examination of specimen taken from the lesion revealed the "tall columnar cells" which were indicative of Barrett's esophagus, hence the diagnosis. Barrett's esophagus is a rare disease in Korea. Because of the malignant potential of the disease, surgery involving esophagectomy is often required.d.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.396-400
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• 2009

Operations using the da Vinci robot have performed in for many surgeries, but the adoption of robotics to general thoracic surgery has been slow. The patient (age 74, male) visited our hospital complaining of hiccups and dysphagia. The CT scan and endoscopic biopsy revealed esophageal cancer (squamous cell carcinoma). We performed transthoracic esophagectomy using a da Vinci robot and this was followed by gastric tube mobilization via laparoscopy. Cervical esophago-gastric anastomosis was done using the hand-sewn method. The gastric tube was brought into the neck through the retrosternal route. The patient was discharged without any complications. We report here on a case of successful da Vinci robotic esophgagectomy.