Benign Esophageal Disease. Modern Surgical Approaches and Techniques

Work up and Evaluation.- Medical Management.- Endoscopic Therapy.- Magnetic Augmentation of Sphincter.- Surgical Therapies.- Recurrence Symptoms after Surgical Intervention.- Managing GERD in Difficult Situations.- Work up and Evaluation.- Medical Modalities.- Endoscopic Treatments.- Surgical Management.- Redo Interventions in Failed Procedures.- Surgical Management of End Stages of Achalasia.- Work up and Evaluation.- Endoscopic and Surgical Techniques.- Medical Evaluation.- Ablative Therapies.- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection.- Esophageal Strictures.- Esophageal Perforation.- Esophageal Bleeding.

This book aims to review all of the literature, including landmark papers and the most current published data, in regard to the management of non-malignant foregut diseases. A number of surgeons publish and focus in malignant diseases of the esophagus, but this text emphasizes the benign ones, their problems and how to face them with the new available resources and technology. This book describes the different diagnostic tools available, as well as the different therapies for the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and its potential complications like Barret's or strictures, and the associated anatomical abnormalities such as hiatal hernia or short esophagus, and more. Motility disorders of the esophagus, esophageal diverticula and perforations are also discussed. Different devices and approaches can be used to treat these diseases and they are covered and explained in different chapters of the book.

Written by experts in the field, Benign Esophageal Disease provides surgeons and physicians with a concise and comprehensive summary of the current state of the field and will help guide patient management.

Natan Zundel University at Buffalo Jackson North Medical Center Miami, FL USA

W. Scott Melvin Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY USA

Marco G. Patti Department of Surgery and Medicine University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC USA

Diego Camacho Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY USA