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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:e34-e35
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Novel Use of Weerda Laryngoscope to Remove Early Cervical Esophageal Cancer

Shunji Mizobuchi, MD, PhDa,*, Hiroaki Nakatani, MD, PhDb, Toyokazu Akimori, MDc, Kenshi Kuge, MD, PhDa, Yasunaga Okazaki, MD, PhDa, Shiro Sasaguri, MD, PhDa

a Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
b Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
c Department of Surgery I, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Accepted for publication January 20, 2005.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Mizobuchi, Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan (E-mail: mizoshun{at}kochi-ms.ac.jp).

A 65-year-old man was followed up after endoscopic mucosal resection for esophageal cancer in February 2000. Thereafter, he received endoscopic mucosal resection, radiation therapy, and argon plasma coagulation for recurrent and multiple primary esophageal cancers. On follow-up examination, two additional esophageal cancers were detected by endoscopy in September 2003. One lesion was located 16 cm from the incisor close to the entrance to the esophagus. To preserve the larynx, this lesion was removed by mucosal resection using a Weerda distending operating laryngoscope. This report describes this novel use of a Weerda distending operating laryngoscope to remove superficial cervical esophageal cancer.






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