Barium Swallow: Special Cases - Video Lesson

Welcome back everybody to our series on fluoroscopic procedures. This video will discuss some contrast swallow special cases. One example is a gastric pull through, a gastric pull through consists of a complete or partial esophagectomy, which is a surgical procedure to remove some or all of the esophagus. And reconstruct it using part of another organ. The stomach is lifted to meet the remaining tissues in the upper esophagus to establish full connection between the throat and the stomach. It's vital in this special case to obtain an adequate patient history and review the physician's order. This can be performed as a double or single contrast study depending on when the surgery was performed. If it's an immediate post surgical case, These are typically performed with non ionic water soluble contrast. Again, referred to the physician's order. Another special case is esophageal obstruction. A esophageal