Esophageal Surgery

SECTION I INTRODUCTION: Anatomy, Embryology, And History (Liebermann-Meffert & Hiebert). Physiology: Deglutition (Preiksaitis & Diamant). Peristalsis (Richards & Sugarbaker), Lower Esophageal Sphincter (Demeester) SECTION II INVESTIGATION of ESOPHAGEAL DISEASE: Clinical Features (Hiebert). Imaging (HO). Endoscopy (Savary & Monnier). Function Tests (Demeester & Constantini) SECTION III PEDIATRIC DISORDERS Congenital Anomalies: Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula (Foker), Other Disorders in Children (Boyle & Foker). Vascular Rings (Williams & Mullen) SECTION IV HIATAL HERNIA, GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX, And OTHER COMPLICATIONS: History of Antireflux Surgery (Belsey). Pathophysiology of Hiatus Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux (Pearson). Medical Treatment (Spechler). Indications for Surgery for Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux (Ginsberg & Pearson). Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants and Children (Nesbitt & Moores). Peptic Esophagitis, Stricture and Short Esophagus (Pearson). Massive Incarcerated Hiatal Hernia (Hibert). The Columnar-Lined Esophagus (Rice). Rings and Webs (Wilkins). SURGICAL TECHNIQUES. Dilatation of Peptic Strictures (Rice). Nissen Fundoplication (Ellis). Belsey Mark IV Repair (Lerut & Hiebert). Hill Repair (Hill). Door Repair (Mattiolo). Gastroplasty (Pearson). Combined Operations (Csendes). Reoperation for Failed Repairs (Little & Pearson). Acid Suppression and Bile Diversion (Ellis). Evaluation of Results (Belsey) SECTION V NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS: Pharyngeal and Cricopharyngeal Disorders (Duranceau). Esophageal Diverticula (Lerut). Primary Motor Disorders (Sugarbaker). Chagas Disease (Netto). Reoperation for Failed Myotomy (Ellis) SECTION VI TRAUMA: Corrosive Injury: Early Management (Anderson), Late Management (Belsey). Foreign Bodies, Foreign Bodies in Adults (Savary), Foreign Bodies in Infants and Children (Smitheringdale). Perforation: Esophageal Perforation (Fell), Esophageal Perforation in I Nfants and Children (Boyle, Fok