TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Management of Shortened Esophagus
A1  - Lebenthal, Abraham
A1  - Bueno, Raphael
A2  - Sugarbaker, David J.
A2  - Bueno, Raphael
A2  - Colson, Yolonda L.
A2  - Jaklitsch, Michael T.
A2  - Krasna, Mark J.
A2  - Mentzer, Steven J.
A2  - Williams, Marcia
A2  - Adams, Ann
PY  - 2015
T2  - Adult Chest Surgery, 2e
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  of  approximately  2  to  3  cm  in  length.  In  patients  with  short  esophagus,  the  abdominal  component  is  less  than  2.5  cm.  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  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105840300
ER  -