Castell and Richter’s leading clinical reference on the esophagus is now in its Fourth Edition.

Written by the world’s foremost authorities, this definitive volume provides complete and current information on the diagnosis and treatment—both medical and surgical—of all esophageal disorders, including:

• reflux disease
• Barrett’s esophagus
• diverticula
• foreign bodies
• trauma
• hernias

More than 500 illustrations—128 in full colour—complement the text.

The Esophagus Fourth Edition has many new contributors (approximately 50 per cent)and increased international representation. Three completely new chapters cover multichannel intraluminal impedance, endoscopic therapies for GERD, and GERD in children.

Contents

1. Functional anatomy and physiology of swallowing and esophageal motility
2. Symptom overview and quality of life
3. Radiology of the pharynx and esophagus
4. Special endoscopic imaging and optical techniques
5. Esophageal manometry
6. ambulatory monitoring of esophageal pH and pressure
7. Esophageal function testing and gastroesophageal reflux testing using multichannel intraluminal impedance
8. Provocative tests for pain of esophageal disease origin
9. Role of histology and cytology in esophageal diseases
10. Disorders causing oropharyngeal dysphagia
11. Achalasia
12. Non-achalasia esophageal motility abnormalities
13. Tumors of the esophagus
14. Surgery therapy for cancer of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction
15. Esophageal wbes and rings
16. Esophageal diverticula
17. Foreign bodies
18. Surgery for esophageal motor disorders
19. Clinical spectrum and diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease
20. Hiatus hernia
21. Pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease: motility factors
22. Pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease: esophageal epithelial resistance
23. Duodenogastroesophageal reflux
24. Role of H. Pylori in GERD
25. Medical management of GERD
26. Endoscopic therapies for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
27. Barrett's esophagus
28. Esophageal strictures
29. Gastroesophageal reflux laryngitis
30. Pulmonary complications of gastroesophageal reflux
31. Gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants and older children
32. Regurgitation and rumination
33. Surgical treatment of GERD
34. Pill-induced esophageal injury
35. Esophagitis in the immunocompromised host
36. Caustic injuries of the esophagus
37. Esophageal involvement in systemic diseases
38. The esophagus and noncardiac chest pain
39. Rupture and perforation of the esophagus
40. Cutaneous diseases and the esophagus
41. Esophageal disease in older patients

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