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Screening and surveillance The risk factors for Barrett’s oesophagus and related neoplasm include...

Oesophageal varices Oesophageal varices usually present with sudden, large-volume haematemesis se...

Other oesophageal motility disorders Hypercontractile motility disorders Distal oesophageal spasm...

Palliation In the presence of distant metastases, palliation is the aim. Dysphagia is the main s...

OESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION Oesophageal perforation is associated with high morbidity and mortality r...

OESOPHAGEAL ULCERATION/ INFECTIONS GORD is the most common cause of oesophageal ulceration but th...

Oesophageal manometry Manometry is used to diagnose oesophageal motility disorders and to assess ...

OESOPHAGEAL INVOL VEMENT IN SYSTEMIC DISEASE The oesophagus can be a ff ected by a variety of syst...

NEOPLASMS OF THE OESOPHAGUS

OESOPHAGEAL DISEASES Radiography As a posterior mediastinal structure, the oesophagus is normall...

Management In stable patients with a clear history and contained perfo ration, sometimes conserva...

Manometric classification Oesophageal motility disorders are classified on HRM under the Chicago cl...

Multimodality treatment strategies Results from surgical resection alone have improved. Mortality...

MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS Plummer–Vinson (in the USA) or Paterson–Brown-Kelly syndrome (UK) refers...

MOTILITY DISORDERS AND DIVERTICULA Oesophageal motility disorders Oesophageal motility disorders ...

Management of uncomplicated GORD Lifestyle modification Patients are recommended to have a healthy...

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Learning objectives To understand: The anatomy and physiology of the oesophagus and their benign ...

MALLORY–WEISS SYNDROME AND INTRAMURAL OESOPHAGEAL HAEMATOMA/DISSECTION Forceful vomiting may lead...

FURTHER READING Bennett RD, Starghan DM, V elanocivh V . Gastroesophageal reflux dis - ease, hiata...