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This book is the 5th in an exceptional series which, in a most uncommon way, constitutes an original encyclopedia of esophagology.
It is devoted to a single subject: the esophagogastric junction.
These few centimeters are dissected into 420 questions which call on all the disciplines involved by its physiology, its diverse diseases and their various treatements.
450 answers, provided by the most renowned experts, each one shedding light on one small, but esssential, fragment of the subject.
The book offers:
A succesion of syntheses.
A profusion of targeted bibliographical references.
An access, now made easy, to highly elaborated knowledge.
A precious volume for researchers, specialists, departments heads, general practitioners and students.
Contents :
Anatomy - Physiology
Physio-Pharmacology
Pressure Measurements
Evaluation of Motor Function of the LEC
Microtransducers and New Technologies
ph-Measurements
ph-Manometry
GER and Barrier dysfunction
Hiatal Hernia
GER and Gastric Motility factors
Duodeno-gastro-esophageal reflux
EGJ and GER Disease
Epithelial Resistance
Respiratory Disorders
Particular problems in medical therapy
Long-term therapy
Refractory Esophagitis
Lower Esophageal Stenoses
Surgical treatments
The Post-Surgical Gastroesophageal Junction
The Irreducible Intra-Thoracic Cardia
Intra-thoracic fundoplication
Total Duodenal Diversion
Duodenal Switch
Laparoscopic AR Surgery
Surgery for Peptic Stenoses
Esophageal Columnar Metaplasia (Barret's esophagus)
Endoscopy
Treatments
Evolution
Early Detection of Malignancy
Adenocarcinomas at the EGJ
Pathology
Endoscopic Trartments
Surgical Treatments
Multimodality treatments
Achalasia
Patho-physiology
Functional Features
Pseudo or Secondary Achalasia
Medical treatments
Dilatations
Conventional Myotomy - Endoscopic Myotomy
Common Problems
Lower Esophageal Mucosal Rings
Esophageal Perforations at the EGJ
Traumatic
Spontaneous