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Barrett's Esophagus: a Surgical Disease by Marco G. Patti; Massimo Arcerito; Carlo V. Feo; Steven Worth; Mario De Pinto; Verna C. Gibbs; Walter Gantert; Dana Tyrrel; Linda F. Ferrell; Lawrence W. Way is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Barrett's Esophagus: a Surgical Disease about?

Barrett's metaplasia can develop in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and metaplasia can evolve into dysplasia and adenocarcinoma. The optimal treatment for Barrett's metaplasia and dysplasia is still being debated. The study reported herein was designed to assess the following: (1) the incidence of Barrett's metaplasia among patients with GERD; (2) the ability of laparoscopic fundoplication to control symptoms in patients with Barrett's metaplasia; (3) the results of esophagectomy in patients with high-grade dysplasia; and (4) the character of endoscopic follow-up programs of patients with Barrett's disease being managed by physicians throughout a large geographic region (northern California). Five-hundred thirty-five patients evaluated between October 1989 and February 1997 at the University of California San Francisco Swallowing Center had a diagnosis of GERD established by upper gastrointestinal series, endoscopy, manometry, and pH monitoring. Thirty-eight symptomatic patients with GERD and Barrett's metaplasia underwent laparoscopic fundoplication. Eleven other consecutive patients with high-grade dysplasia underwent transhiatal esophagectomies. Barrett's m

Who reads Barrett's Esophagus: a Surgical Disease?

Author

Marco G. Patti; Massimo Arcerito; Carlo V. Feo; Steven Worth; Mario De Pinto; Verna C. Gibbs; Walter Gantert; Dana Tyrrel; Linda F. Ferrell; Lawrence W. Way

Publisher

Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Elsevier BV; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc.; Springer Nature (ISSN 1091-255X)

Published

1999

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)