List of Contributors

vii

Preface

xii

SECTION I

ESOPHAGEAL SYMPTOMS

1

Symptom Overview and Quality of Life   Ryan D. Madanick and Nicholas J. Shaheen

3

2

Non-Cardiac Chest Pain   Ronnie Fass and Tiberin Herschcovici

14

3

Disorders Causing Oropharyngeal Dysphagia   Stephen J. Antonik and Reza Shaker

42

4

Regurgitation and Rumination   Francisco J. Marrero and Steven S. Shay

55

SECTION II

ESOPHAGEAL PHYSIOLOGY AND TESTING

5

Functional Anatomy and Physiology of Swallowing and Esophageal Morility   Nicholas B. Diamant

65

6

Radiology of the Pharynx and Esophagus   Marc S. Levine and Stephen E. Rubesin

97

7

Special Endoscopic Imaging and Optical Techniques   Babac Vahabzadeh and Prateek Sharma

153

8

Esophageal Manometry   Neeraj Sharma and Janice Freeman

163

9

High-Resolution Manometry and Esophageal Pressure Topography   John E. Pandolfino and Peter J. Kahrilas

183

10

Esophageal Testing Using Multichannel Imraluminal Impedance   Marcelo F. Vela and Amit Agrawal

201

11

Ambulatory Monitoring for Reflux   Frank Zerbib and Pauline Roumeguère

211

12

Role of Histology and Cytology in Esophageal Diseases   John R. Goldblum and Xiuli Liu

230

SECTION III

MOTILITY DISORDERS

13

Achalasia   Joel E. Richter and Jason R. Roberts

257

14

Non-Achalasia Esophageal Motility Abnormalities   Daniel Pohl, Radu Tutuian, and Donald O. Castell

302

15

Surgery for Esophagea! Motor Disorders   Roger P. Tatum, Brant K. Oelschlager, and Carlos A. Pellegrini

314

16

Esophageal Webs and Rings   Michael S. Smith

343

17

Esophageal Diverticula   Francisco J. Marrero and Edgar Achkar

351

18

Esophageal Involvement in Systemic Diseases   Siva Doma, John M. Wo, and Henry P. Parkman

367

SECTION IV

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX

19

Clinical Spectrum and Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Refux Disease   Amit Agrawal and Donald O. Castell

385

20

Hiatus Hernia and Gastroesophageai Reflux Disease   Albert J. Bredenoord and André J. P. M. Smout

394

21

Pathophysiology of Gaslroesopliagual Reflux Disease: Molility Faciors   Ravinder K. Millal

405

22

Esophageal Epithelial Resistance   Roy C. Orlando

419

23

Duodenogastroesophageal Reflux   Daniel Sifrim and Roberto Penagini

434

24

Role of Helicobacter pylori in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease   Peter Malfertheiner and Arne Kandulski

456

25

Medical Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease   Philip O. Katz and Ellen M. Stein

462

26

Endoscopic Therapies for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease   Daniel von Renteln, Melina C. Vassiliou, and Richard I. Rothstein

483

27

Barrett’s Esophagus   Gary W. Falk

509

28

Esophageal Strictures   Jason M. Lake and Roy K. H. Wong

540

29

Gastroesophageal Reflux Laryngitis   Robert T. Kavitt and Michael F. Vaezi

550

30

Pulmonary Complications of Gastroesophageal Reflux   Radu Tutuian and Donald 0, Castell

566

31

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Infants and Children   Carlo Di Lorenzo and Yvan Vandenplas

578

32

Surgical Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease   Christy M. Dunst and Lee L. Swanstrom

592

33

Obesity and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease   Frank Friedenberg

610

SECTION V

MALIGNANT DISEASE

34

Tumors of the Esophagus   Susana Gonzalez and Charles J. Lightdale

623

35

Surgery for Cancer of the Esophagus and Gastroesophageal Junction   Thomas W. Rice

637

SECTION VI

MISCELLANEOUS

36

Eosinophilic Esophagitis   David A. Katzka

671

37

Foreign Bodies   Andrew Y. Wang and David A. Peura

689

38

Pill-Induced Esophageal Injury   Patrick E. Young and James Walter Kikendall

707

39

Esophagitis in the Immunocompromised Host   C Mel Wilcox

724

40

Caustic Injuries of the Esophagus   Joseph R. Spiegel

742

41

Rupture and Perforation of the Esophagus   Harvey Licht and Robert S. Fisher

753

42

Cutaneous Diseases and the Esophagus   Pamela A. Morganroth, Victoria P. Werth, and David A. Katza

763

43

Esophageal Disease in Older Patients   Kenneth R. DeVault and Sami R, Achem

782

Index

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