TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Management of Shortened Esophagus A1 - Lebenthal, Abraham A1 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Burt, Bryan M. A2 - Groth, Shawn S. A2 - Loor, Gabriel A2 - Wolf, Andrea S. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e AB - For many years, there has been a controversy in the surgical literature regarding the existence or relevance of the short esophagus to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and antireflux surgery.1–5 A center that performs a high volume of antireflux procedures reported the prevalence to be approximately 14% in patients presenting for surgical treatment of GERD or paraesophageal hernia.2 The normal esophagus is 39 to 41 cm from the incisors and has an abdominal component approximately 2 to 3 cm in length. In patients with short esophagus, the abdominal component is less than 2.5 cm, and often there is no intraabdominal esophagus visible. A battery of preoperative tests and intraoperative findings enable the surgeon to recognize the short esophagus. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170407960 ER -