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Use of a monopolar laparoscopic electrosurgical instrument for transoral laryngoscopic removal of a giant fibrovascular polyp of the esophagus inlet

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Polysegmented fibrovascular polyps are relatively rare benign neoplasms of the esophagus. They frequently reach giant sizes before patients develop symptoms and a diagnosis is made. Appropriate treatment of these polyps is endoscopic or surgical excision. In this paper we report a case in which an 86-year-old man regurgitated a giant polypoid mass into his mouth that led to dyspnea and dysphagia. The polyp was successfully removed by a transoral approach, by minimally invasive surgery, by use of a monopolar laparoscopic electrosurgical instrument (Valleylab LigaSure Advance™ Pistol Grip). The patient was symptom and recurrence-free at 6-month follow-up.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, E-5 üzeri Bostancı, 34744, Istanbul, Turkey

    Hande Senem Deveci, Zeynep Altın Kule, Ahmet Karavus, Mustafa Kule & Ali Okan Gursel

  2. Department of General Surgery, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ender Onur

  3. Department of Clinical Pathology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Nurver Ozbay

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Deveci, H.S., Kule, Z.A., Onur, E. et al. Use of a monopolar laparoscopic electrosurgical instrument for transoral laryngoscopic removal of a giant fibrovascular polyp of the esophagus inlet. Esophagus 9, 243–246 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10388-012-0333-9

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