A 51-year-old woman was evaluated because of mass regur-gitation through the mouth (Fig. 1A), which she held in place byswallowing repeatedly. On upper endoscopy, two long polypoid lesions (Fig. 1B) extended from the cervical oesophagus, below the cricopharyngeal muscle, into the stomach. Multidetector computed tomography showed normal vascularity. After consultation with the surgeon we decided to remove the polyps endoscopically. The procedure was performed in the operating room with the patient under general anaesthesia, using an operative, single channel endo-scope. We were able to trap the polyps in the snare and, with gentle twisting movements, we pulled back the endoscope, reached the base, and cut the stalk using blended current (Fig. 1C).
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