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, Min P. Kim2 and Shanda H. Blackmon1   (1) Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA (2) Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital,…

and Shanda H. Blackmon1   (1) Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA     Shanda H. BlackmonAssociate Professor Email: blackmon.shanda@mayo.edu KeywordsAchalasiaBird’s beak esophagusApple core lesionDiverticulumDiverticulaParaesophageal herniaHiatal herniaEsophageal…

, Min P. Kim2  , Puja Gaur2   and Shanda H. Blackmon1   (1) Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA (2) Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell…

Fig. 1.1 Cervical esophagus. (a) The upper esophagus is best exposed through a left oblique incision on the neck. (b) From this incision, the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle…

Fig. 6.1 Rigid esophagoscopy. The rigid esophagoscope is carefully inserted, taking care to protect the patient’s teeth. This procedure allows therapeutic endoscopy of the esophagus with larger instruments than with…

(1) Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6565 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA (2) Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200…

Fig. 5.1 A linear endoscopic probe (a, top; b) is typically used as the initial diagnostic tool to evaluate the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract. A linear endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) scope…

Fig. 9.1 Preparation of the skin Fig. 9.2 Cutting the ostomy wafer to fit the end of the esophagus. The ostomy wafer fits best on an esophagostomy that has been…