Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Description:... Perspectives on Esophageal Surgery -- Human Foregut Anatomy, Adjacent Structures, and Their Relation to Surgical Approaches -- Clinically Related Prenatal Foregut Development and Abnormalities in the Human -- Physiology of the Esophagus and Its Sphincters -- Assessment of Symptoms and Approach to the Patient With Esophageal Disease -- Imaging in Esophageal Disease -- Endoscopic Evaluation of the Esophagus -- Endoscopic Esophageal Ultrasonography -- Techniques of High-Resolution Esophageal Manometry, Classification and Treatment of Spastic Esophageal Motility Disorders -- Esophageal pH Monitoring -- Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance -- Tests of Gastric Function and Their Use in the Evaluation of Esophageal Disease -- Epidemiology and Natural History of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease -- Pathology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease -- The Gastroesophageal Barrier -- Reflux Strictures and Short Esophagus -- Medical Therapy for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease -- Laparoscopic and Open Nissen Fundoplication -- Partial Fundoplications -- Esophageal Replacement for End-Stage Benign Esophageal Disease -- Endoscopic Antireflux Repairs -- History and Definition of Barrett Esophagus -- Pathophysiology of the Columnar-Lined Esophagus -- Treatment of Barrett Esophagus -- Clinical Features and Endoscopic Therapy for Dysplastic Barrett Esophagus -- Disorders of the Pharyngoesophageal Junction -- Pathophysiology and Treatment of Zenker Diverticulum -- Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Features of Achalasia -- Laparoscopic Esophageal Myotomy: Techniques and Results -- Surgical Management of Esophageal Diverticula -- Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Clinical Manifestations of Esophageal Cancer -- Genetics of Esophageal Cancer -- Esophageal Cancer: Current Staging Classifications and Techniques -- Endoscopic Management of Early Esophageal Cancer -- Surgical Treatment of Cancer of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction -- Palliative Treatment of Cancer of the Esophagus -- Multimodality Treatment for Potentially Resectable Esophageal Cancer -- Benign Tumors and Cysts of the Esophagus -- Perforation of the Esophagus -- Esophageal Caustic Injury -- Paraesophageal and Other Complex Diaphragmatic Hernias -- Congenital Disorders of the Esophagus -- Techniques of Esophageal Reconstruction -- Complications of Esophagectomy -- Femoral Hernia -- Basic Features of Groin Hernia and Its Repair -- Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair -- Ventral Herniation in Adults -- Lumbar and Pelvic Hernias -- Hernias and Congenital Groin Problems in Infants and Children.
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