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Article
Place de la cytoponction échoendoscopiquement guidée dans le bilan d’extension ganglionnaire des cancers de l’œsophage
Le degré d’infiltration tumorale de la paroi œsophagienne et l’existence éventuelle d’adénopathies métastatiques sont les facteurs pronostiques les plus importants du cancer de l’œsophage [1]. L’exérèse chirur...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Gastric replacement
In the past, it was not uncommon to perform esophageal resection for peptic esophagitis. Today, however, thanks not only to widespread use of modern dilatation techniques but also to surgical procedures such a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Are the histochemical and immuno-cyto-chemical criteria useful?
Columnar epithelium-lined esophagus, cahed Barrett’s esophagus is a comphcation of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in 20% of cases. Columnar metaplasic mucosa is probably more frequent if hmited types of Barrett...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Recurrences with different techniques
Assessing the rate of recurrence of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) after surgical treatment as a function of the technique used is difficult for various reasons [6, 9]. Preoperative and postoperative investigat...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Degeneration of caustic stenosis
Because there is a risk of develo** squamous carcinoma in a caustic strictured esophagus, resectional surgery would theoretically be preferable to bypass surgery. However, resectional surgery carries a highe...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Transit with Technetium-99 enables to detect motility disorders unnoticed by usual means
Much of the work with esophageal transit has been undertaken using radionuclide labelled liquids with the patient swallowing the liquid while lying in the supine position. We have used a different technique, w...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Posterior Hemifundoplication for Gastroesophageal Reflux
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of posterior hemifundoplication (the Toupet procedure) in the management of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) [2]. Several authors have stated that the e...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Scintigraphy Versus Manometry and Prolonged pH Monitoring for the Assessment of Esophageal Function
Since Tolin et al. [7] first studied esophageal transit by scintigraphy and Fisher et al. [3] first used radioactive isotopes to detect gastroesophageal reflux, numerous teams have proposed several esophageal ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Enteral Nutrition by Jejunostomy After Esophageal Surgery
Oral feeding must be discontinued for a long time after esophageal surgery (about 12 days without complications). During this period, the problem is to maintain a proper nutritional status. In this aim, it is ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Adenocarcinoma Complicating Columnar Epithelium-Lined (Barrett’s) Esophagus: A Clinical and Histological Study
Barrett’s esophagus can be defined as the replacement of malpighian esophageal mucosa by columnar metaplasic mucosa. With regard to the pathogenesis of Barrett’s esophagus, there are two theories: one stating ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Malignant Transformation After Caustic Esophageal Injury: Report of Five Cases
Over the last 13 years, we have treated 54 patients for caustic lesions of the esophagus. Five of these patients have developed esophageal cancer. Although malignant transformation is widely recognized as a lo...