Esophageal Surgery

Section I. Introduction
1. The Historical Evaluation of Esophageal Surgery
2. Anatomy, Embryology, and Histology
3. Physiology

Section II. Investigation of Esophageal Disease
4. Clinical Features
5. Imaging
6. Esophagoscopy
7. Function Tests

Section III. Pediatric Disorders
8. Congenital Anomalies
9. Vascular Rings

Section IV. Hiatal Hernia, Gastroesophageal Reflux and Other
Conditions
10. Pathophysiology of Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal
Reflux
11. Medical Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
12. Indications for Surgical Referral for Hiatal Hernia and
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
13. Indications for Surgery for Hiatal Hernia and
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: The Surgeon's Perspective
14. Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants and Children
15. Peptic Esophagitis, Stricture, and Short Esophagus
16. Massive (Paraesophageal) Hiatal Hernias
17. The Columnar-Lined Esophagus
18. Rings and Webs
SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
19. Dilation of Peptic Esophageal Strictures
20. Open Nissen Fundoplication
21. Belsey Mark IV Repair
22. The Hill Repair
23. Dor and Toupet Repairs
24. Gastroplasty
25. Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery
26. Vagotomy, Antrectomy, and Roux-en-Y Diversion
27. Combined Operations
28. Esophagectomy for Benign Disease
29. Reoperation for Failed Repairs

Section V. Neuromuscular Disorders
30. Pharyngeal and Cricopharyngeal Disorders
31. Esophageal Diverticula
32. Primary Esophageal Motor Disorders
33. Chagas' Disease
34. Secondary Esophageal Motor Disorders
35. Achalasia: Thoracoscopic and Laparoscopic Myotomy

Section VI. Trauma
36. Corrosive Injury
37. Foreign Bodies
38. Esophageal Perforation

Section VII. Neoplasms
39. Benign Tumors
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS
40. Biology of Esophageal Cancer
41. Epidemiology of Malignant Neoplasms
42. Pathology of Malignant Esophageal Neoplasms
MANAGEMENT
43. Esophageal Carcinoma
44. Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus
45. Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric
Junction
46. Management of Dysplasia and Superficial Carcinoma
47. Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy for Cancer of the
Esophagus
48. Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy as Primary Treatment of
Esophageal Cancer
49. Surgical Palliation of Esophageal Cancer
50. Unusual Malignancies

Section VIII. Operative Techniques
51. Overview of Operative Techniques
52. Selection and Placement of Conduits
53. Left Thoracoabdominal Approaches
54. Right Thoracoabdominal Approaches
55. Transhiatal Esophagectomy without Thoracotomy
56. Transabdominal Esophagogastrectomy
57. En Bloc Resection for Esophageal Carcinoma
58. Three Field Lymph Node Dissection for Cancer of the
Esophagus
59. Total Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Reconstruction
60. Resection of Carcinoma Involving the Cervicothoracic
Esophagus: Cervical Exenteration
61. Video-Assisted Approaches for Resection of Carcinoma of the
Esophagus
62. Esophageal Bypass
63. Esophageal Intubation
64. Laser Therapy for Carcinoma of the Esophagus
65. Colon Replacement
66. Long-Term Results of Colon Replacement
67. Free Vascularized Grafts in Esophageal Reconstruction
68. Gastric Tubes: Reversed and Nonreversed