Benign Esophageal Disease: Modern Surgical Approaches and Techniques

Description:

This book aims to review all of the literature, including landmark papers and the most current published data, in regard to the management of non-malignant foregut diseases. A number of surgeons publish and focus in malignant diseases of the esophagus, but this text emphasizes the benign ones, their problems and how to face them with the new available resources and technology. This book describes the different diagnostic tools available, as well as the different therapies for the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and its potential complications like Barret’s or strictures, and the associated anatomical abnormalities such as hiatal hernia or short esophagus, and more. Motility disorders of the esophagus, esophageal diverticula and perforations are also discussed. Different devices and approaches can be used to treat these diseases and they are covered and explained in different chapters of the book.  Written by experts in the field, Benign Esophageal Disease provides surgeons and physicians with a concise and comprehensive summary of the current state of the field and will help guide patient management.

Table of Contents:

1. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Workup and Evaluation

2. Endoscopic Therapies for GERD

3. Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation

4. Surgical Therapy for GERD

5. Recurrence of Symptoms After Surgical Therapies

6. Short Esophagus: Its Relationship with Fundoplication Failure and Postoperative Recurrence of the Hiatal Hernia

7. Hiatal Hernia

8. Redo Antireflux Surgery

9. Motility Disorders: Workup and Evaluation

10. Motility Disorders: Medical Modalities

11. Esophageal Motility Disorders

12. The Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Motility Disorders

13. Redo Interventions in Failed Procedures

14. Diverticulum: Workup and Evaluation

15. Esophageal Diverticula

16. Surgical Techniques for Lower Esophageal Diverticula

17. Medical Evaluation of Barrett’s Esophagus

18. Ablative Therapies in Barrett’s Esophagus

19. Endoscopic Mucosal Resection

20. Surgical Management of Esophageal Strictures After Caustic Ingestion

21. Endoscopic Management of Esophageal Perforations

22. Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Perforation