Pocket handbook of esophageal disorders

This pocket handbook provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of esophageal disorders. The text covers every prominent esophageal disorder and syndrome, with an emphasis on pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment/management strategies, and complications for each disorder or syndrome. Major aspect...

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Main Author: Bandyopadhyay, Nina.
Other Authors: Fass, Ronnie., Yamasaki, Takahisa., Hemond, Colin., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, ©2019.
Cham : [2019]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (156 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Esophageal Anatomy and Physiology; Introduction; Esophageal Anatomy; Physiology of Swallowing; Esophageal Sensory Innervation; References; Chapter 3: Dysphagia; Introduction; Oropharyngeal Dysphagia; Esophageal Dysphagia; Reference; Chapter 4: Esophageal Motility Disorders; Introduction; High-Resolution Esophageal Manometry; Primary Esophageal Motility Disorders; Achalasia; Secondary Achalasia; Absent Contractility; Distal Esophageal Spasm and Jackhammer Esophagus; EGJ Outflow Obstruction; Minor Disorders of Peristalsis.
  • Secondary Esophageal Motility DisordersProgressive Systemic Sclerosis; Other Esophageal Motility Disorders; References; Chapter 5: Esophageal Manifestations of Dermatological Conditions; Introduction; Bullous Skin Disease with Esophageal Involvement; Hyperkeratotic Skin Disease with Esophageal Involvement; Collagen Vascular Disease; Reference; Chapter 6: Esophageal Malignancy; Introduction; Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) of the Esophagus; Diagnosis; Treatment; Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus; Diagnosis; Barrett's Esophagus (BE); Other Esophageal Tumors; References; Chapter 7: Rings and Webs.
  • IntroductionRings; Suggested Reading; Chapter 8: Esophageal Diverticula; Introduction; Zenker's Diverticulum; Mid-esophageal Diverticula; Epiphrenic Diverticula; Miscellaneous Diverticula; References; Chapter 9: Vascular Abnormalities of the Esophagus; Dysphagia Lusoria; Reference; Chapter 10: Foreign Bodies; Introduction; Pediatric Population; Special Circumstances; Nosology of Foreign Bodies; Food Impaction; Round Foreign Bodies; Sharp Foreign Bodies; Unique Foreign Bodies; Body Packing; Reference; Chapter 11: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD); Introduction; GERD Phenotypes.
  • PathophysiologyThe Anti-reflux Barrier; Hiatal Hernia; Esophageal Dysmotility; Gastric Acid Secretion; Duodenogastroesophageal Reflux; Non-acid Reflux; Dilated Intercellular Spaces; Esophageal Hypersensitivity; Gastric Dysmotility; Genetic Factors; The Role of Helicobacter pylori in GERD; Diagnosis of GERD; Investigations; Upper Endoscopy; Ambulatory 24-h Esophageal pH Monitoring; Multichannel Intraluminal pH Impedance; Mucosal Impedance; Extra-Esophageal Syndromes of GERD; Noncardiac Chest Pain (NCCP); Management of GERD; Adverse Events of Chronic PPI Treatment.
  • Anti-Reflux Surgery and Endoscopic TherapiesThe Refractory GERD Patient; References; Chapter 12: Functional Esophageal Disorders; Introduction; Functional Heartburn; Reflux Hypersensitivity; Functional Chest Pain; Functional Dysphagia; Globus; Reference; Chapter 13: Esophageal Injury; Introduction; Pill-Induced Injury; Caustic Injury; Acid-Induced Injury; Alkali-Induced Injury; Radiation Esophagitis; Esophageal Injury in the Immunocompromised Patient; AIDS; Suggested Reading; Chapter 14: Graft Versus Host Disease; Suggested Reading; Chapter 15: Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE); Introduction.