Video Tip: Endoscopic Liquid Spray Nitrogen Cryotherapy in Esophageal Cancer | March 2025-Endoscopic Liquid Spray Nitrogen Cryotherapy in Esophageal Cancer

Endoscopic Liquid Spray Nitrogen Cryotherapy in Esophageal Cancer

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Video Summary

In the video, doctors Tofi Kishami and Joe Solomon from City of Hope in Phoenix discuss endoscopic spray cryotherapy for esophageal cancer. They emphasize the procedure's effectiveness, particularly when combined with chemotherapy, in improving symptoms for inoperable cases. With extensive experience, they outline the step-by-step process of the procedure, emphasizing key aspects like lesion location assessment, use of guide wires, and venting tubes, and the importance of continuous suction to manage fluid freezing risks. The video also showcases a real patient case, highlighting significant improvement in dysphagia and quality of life following multiple cryotherapy treatments combined with chemotherapy, despite eventual disease progression. The session concluded with the patient's notable survival duration and symptom management, underlining cryotherapy's potential benefit in symptom relief and quality of life for esophageal cancer patients.

Keywords

endoscopic spray cryotherapy

esophageal cancer

chemotherapy

dysphagia improvement

quality of life