Surgical Palliation of Inoperable Carcinoma of the Esophagus Abbas Abbas Carolyn E. Reed According to the National Cancer Institute, the estimated number of new cases of esophageal cancer in the…
Carcinoma of the Esophagus Jasmine Huang Mohammad Bashir Mark D. Iannettoni The rapid growth in the incidence if esophageal cancer has resulted from many factors, such as increasing obesity and…
Multimodality Therapy for Esophageal Cancer Geoffrey Y. Ku David H. Ilson In the United States, esophageal cancer is a relatively uncommon malignancy. In 2007, there were an estimated 15,560 new…
Editors’ Note on Revision of the Staging System for Esophageal Cancer Joseph LoCicero III MD Carolyn E. Reed MD Richard H. Feins MD Thomas W. Shields MD At the time…
Benign Tumors, Cysts, and Duplications of the Esophagus Matthew A. Facktor Mark R. Katlic Benign esophageal tumors and cysts represent a collectively uncommon set of disease entities that do not…
Esophageal Diverticula Stephen D. Cassivi Francis C. Nichols Claude Deschamps Esophageal diverticula are acquired conditions of the esophagus occurring almost exclusively in adults. An esophageal diverticulum is an epithelium-lined blind…
Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia Keith S. Naunheim Melanie Edwards Classification of Hiatal Hernia Hiatal hernias are generally classified into four types, the most common of which is the sliding or type…
Esophageal Endoscopic Procedures in Thoracic Surgery Susan Ramdhaney Scott Tenner Background Over 14 million adults suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) annually. The pathogenesis of GERD involves the inappropriate relaxation…
Cardial Incompetence and Associated Gastroesophageal Reflux Katherine A. Barsness Marleta Reynolds Nelson and associates14 reported that up to 50% of all infants up to 3 months of age and 67%…
Barrett’s Esophagus Matthew J. Schuchert James D. Luketich Historical Perspective The pathologic features of Barrett’s esophagus were first described in 1906 by the Boston surgeon Tileston,86 who evaluated a series…
