Esophageal strictures -- Gastroesophageal reflux laryngitis -- Pulmonary complications of gastroesophageal reflux -- Gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants and children -- Surgical treatment of gastroesophageal disease -- Obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Section V. Malignant Disease: Tumors of the esophagus -- Surgery for cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction -- Section VI. Miscellaneous: Eosinophilic esophagitis -- Foreign bodies -- Pill-induced esophageal injury -- Esophagitis in the immunocompromised host -- Caustic injuries of the esophagus -- Rupture and perforation of the esophagus -- Cutaneous diseases and the esophagus -- Esophageal disease in older patients
Text of Note
Section I. Esophageal Symptoms: Symptom overview and quality of life -- Non-cardiac chest pain -- Disorders causing oropharyngeal dysphagia -- Regurgitation and rumination -- Section II. Esophageal Physiology and Testing: Functional anatomy and physiology of swallowing and esophageal motility -- Radiology of the pharynx and esophagus -- Special endoscopic imaging and optical techniques -- Esophageal manometry -- High-resolution manometry and esophageal pressure topography -- Esophageal testing using multichannel impedance -- Ambulatory monitoring for reflux -- Role of histology and cytology in esophageal diseases -- Section III. Motility Disorders: Achalasia -- Non-achalasia esophageal motility abnormalities -- Surgery for esophageal motor disorders -- Esophageal webs and rings -- Esophageal diverticula -- Esophageal involvement in systemic diseases -- Section IV. Gastroesophageal Reflux: Clinical spectrum and diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Hiatus hernia and gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease: motility factors -- Esophageal epithelial resistance -- Duodenogastroesophageal reflux -- Role of Helicobacter pylori in gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Medical management of gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Endoscopic therapies for gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Barrett's esophagus --