Surgical management of dysphagia due to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: the role of barium swallow fluoroscopy—a case report

The current case thoroughly illustrated the diagnosis and surgical management in the presence of dysphagia from DISH. Through an anterior pre-vascular approach complete resection of the major osteophytes could be done. Barium swallow fluoroscopy showed very high interest in dynamically demonstrating the main level causing the dysphagia symptoms and also confirming satisfactory esophagus decompression and release after surgery.