Modern Approach to Benign Esophageal Disease : Diagnosis and Surgical Therapy

This Work Focuses On The Physiologic Approach To The Understanding And Management Of Oesophageal Disease. This Is Coupled With The Utilization Of Minimally Invasive Thoracoscopic And Laparoscopic Surgery As A First Option In The Treatment Of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Oesophageal Motility Disorders, Oesophageal Diverticula, And Benign Oesophageal Tumours. Open Surgery Is Reserved For The Initial Approach To Complicated Oesophageal Disease, Reopeation Of Previously Failed Procedures, Or Oesophageal Replacement For End-stage Benign Disease. This Volume Aims To Present The Current Status Of A Changing Approach To The Field Of Oesophageal Surgery. The burgeoning interest in benign esophageal disease has developed due to several contributing factors: the emergence of focused interest in an ever-expanding knowledge base of general surgery, the availability of modern technology that allows testing of foregut function in an ambulatory office setting, and the reduced morbidity and greater patient acceptance of surgical therapy through limited access technology. The result of this interest has been the development of a new brand of modern surgeon characterized as having a disease focus as opposed to a focus on procedure. These new surgeons un The esophagus of the adult human is a 24 to 27 cm long muscular tube with tonically contracted sphincters at the oral and aboral end.