Managing Failed Anti-Reflux Therapy

The Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.- History of Medical and Surgical Anti-Reflux Therapy.- Medical Management of GERD: Algorithms and Outcomes.- Complications of GERD: Esophagitis, Stricture, Barrett's, and Cancer.- Principles of Successful Surgical Anti-Reflux Procedures.- Acute Complications of Anti-Reflux Surgery.- Persistent Symptoms after Anti-Reflux Surgery and their Management.- Technical Surgical Failures: Presentation, Etiology, and Evaluation.- Symptoms after Anti-Reflux Surgery: Everything is not Always Caused by Surgery.- The Medical and Endoscopic Management of Failed Surgical Anti-Reflux Procedures.- Reoperation for Failed Anti-Reflux Surgery.- Management of Alkaline Reflux.- Management of the Short Esophagus.- Esophagectomy: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes.- Vagal Sparing Esophagectomy.- Future Directions of Therapy for GERD.