Replacement of the Esophagus with Colon
Replacement of the Esophagus with Colon Ronald H. R. Belsey Indications The use of colon for esophageal replacement is indicated when long-term survival of the patient can confidently be expected:…
Video-Assisted Esophageal Resection
Video-Assisted Esophageal Resection Christopher R. Morse Manisha R. Shende James D. Luketich Transhiatal esophagectomy and Ivor Lewis esophagogastrectomy are the two most commonly performed operations for esophageal carcinoma. Transhiatal esophagectomy…
Transhiatal Esophagectomy Without Thoracotomy
Transhiatal Esophagectomy Without Thoracotomy Mark B. Orringer Historically, in 1913 Denk performed the first reported blunt transmediastinal esophageal resection, without thoracotomy, using a vein stripper in cadavers.20 In 1933, the…
Vagal-Sparing Esophagectomy
Vagal-Sparing Esophagectomy Steven R. DeMeester Scope of the Problem Once a rare tumor, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus is currently the cancer with the fastest-rising incidence in America. Recent data indicate…
Extended Resection for Esophageal Carcinoma
Extended Resection for Esophageal Carcinoma Jeffrey L. Port Paul Lee Nasser K. Altorki Worldwide, esophageal carcinoma is the sixth most common cause of cancer deaths. In the United States, a…
Transthoracic Resection of the Esophagus
Transthoracic Resection of the Esophagus Mark S. Allen Esophageal resection is most frequently performed for carcinoma of the esophagus. However, esophagectomy is also occasionally necessary in the treatment of some…
Modified Heller Myotomy
Modified Heller Myotomy Richard Lazzaro Joseph LoCicero III Lendrum11 recognized the significance of incomplete LES relaxation, in relation to the disease symptoms, and proposed the name achalasia in 1937. Patients…
Endoscopy of the Esophagus
Endoscopy of the Esophagus Richard Lazzaro Joseph LoCicero III Endoscopic evaluation of the esophagus has become the accepted standard for assessing and diagnosing both mucosal and structural diseases of the…
Radiologic Evaluation of the Esophagus
Radiologic Evaluation of the Esophagus Richard M. Gore Yahid Yaghmai Gary G. Ghahremani The principal method of diagnosing functional or structural abnormalities of the esophagus is fluoroscopic evaluation combined with…
Esophageal pH Studies in Esophageal Disease
Esophageal pH Studies in Esophageal Disease Steven R. DeMeester Tom R. DeMeester Twenty-Four-Hour Esophageal PH Monitoring and Gastroesophageal Reflux Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a…
