Recent Advances in Diseases of the Esophagus

Congenital Disease.- Pulmonary Status During Childhood After Corrected Congenital Esophageal Atresia.- Investigations of Reoperated Cases of Congenital Disorders of the Esophagus in Children: Reports of Two Cases.- Problems Associated with Congenital Esophageal Atresia and Their Treatment.- Gastroesophageal Reflu.- Esophageal Motility in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.- Symptoms and Functional Foregut Abnormalities in Patients with Complications of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.- The Value of a Scoring System in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Does It Predict the Response to Surgical Treatment?.- Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux: Differences in Esophageal pH-Monitoring Between Patients Undergoing Surgery (Nissen) and Patients Undergoing Medical Treatment.- Indication and Technique of Laparoscopic Antireflux Operations.- The Reproducibility of Ambulatory Intra-Esophageal pH Monitoring.- pH-Monitoring Patterns of Gastroesophageal Reflux: Differences Between Populations.- Examination of the Hiatal Defence Mechanism with Manometry Including an Abdominal Pressure Test. A Comparative Study with 24-Hour pH Monitoring and Esophagoscopy.- Gastroesophageal Reflux Due to Hiatal Incompetence—Influence of the Viscosity of the Gastric Content.- Correlation Between Preoperative and Postoperative Manometry After Nissen-Rossetti Fundoplication.- A Continuous 10-Year Assessment of the Results of Surgery for Shortened Esophagus.- Reflux Esophagitis and Development of Ectopic Columnar Epithelium in the Esophageal Stump After Gastric Transposition: A Prospective Study.- Gastroesophageal Reflux After Gastric Surgery.- Surgical Treatment.- Video-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery in Achalasia.- Re-Operation for Failed Antireflux Operations.- Gastroesophageal Reflux Control in Operated Scleroderma Patients.- Barrett’s Esophagus.- Barrett’s Esophagus—Open and Answered Questions 1993.- Regression of Columnar Metaplasia of the Lower Esophagus in a Canine Model.- Endobrachyesophagus Without Mucosectomy: An Experimental Model in Dogs.- Adenocarcinoma Arising in Barrett’s Esophagus After Esophageal Resection and Jejunal Interposition.- Therapy in Barrett’s Esophagus: Medical Treatment Versus Antireflux Surgery.- Surgical Treatment of Barrett’s Carcinoma: Correlation Between Morphologic Findings and Prognosis.- An Alkaline Stomach Is Common to Barrett’s Esophagus and Gastric Carcinoma.- A Histopathological Study of Barrett’s Esophagus with Special Reference to the Specialized Columnar Epithelium.- Motility Disorders (Achalasia).- Clinical Approach to Achalasia of the Esophagus from the Viewpoint of Gastrointestinal Hormone.- Endoscopic Ultrasonography for Esophageal Achalasia.- Clinical Use of Ambulatory 24-H Esophageal Motility Monitoring in the Evaluation of Patients with Primary Esophageal Motor Disorders.- Cricopharyngeal Myotomy and Stapling: Treatment of Choice for Zenker’s Diverticulum.- Should Modified Heller’s Cardiomyotomy Be Combined with Antireflux Procedure?.- Megaesophagus in Experimental Chagas’ Disease.- Quantitation of Eosinophils and Mast Cells in Diffuse Oesophageal Spasm.- Achalasia: The Length of the Esophagus and the Response to Treatment.- Primary Heller’s Myotomy and Belsey Repair for Achalasia of the Esophagus.- Long-Term Follow-Up of Heller Myotomy for Achalasia After Thoracic, Abdominal, and Thoracoabdominal Approach.- Long-Term Prognosis of Pneumatic Bag Dilatation Therapy in Esophageal Achalasia.- Characteristics of Esophageal Peristaltic Motor Activity After Distal Partial Gastrectomy.- Esophageal Varices.- Pathological Changes of Esophagogastric Varices After Endoscopic Sclerotherapy.- Overview of Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy in 1200 Patients with Esophageal Varices.- Limitation of Non-Schunting Operation and Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy for Esophageal Varices and the Role of Combined Treatment.- Esophageal Perforation.- Esophageal Perforation in the People’s Republic of China.- Esophageal Perforations.- Esophageal Trauma: A Modern Perspective.- Multimodal Strategy for the Management of Esophageal Perforations and Ruptures.- A Case of Esophageal Rupture After Gastrectomy.- Treatment of Boerhaave’s Syndrome According to Its Clinical Manifestations.- Esophagectomy for Esophageal Disruption.- Clinical Evaluation of Esophageal Perforation.- Clinical Studies of Spontaneous Rupture of the Esophagus.- Other Diseases and Strictures.- Surfactant-Like Material in Human Esophageal Mucosa: An Ultrastructural Study.- Twenty-Four-Hour pH Monitoring Study of Gastric Tube Used for Reconstruction After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Carcinoma.- Is There a Relationship Between an Area of Muscular Deficiency and the Vascularisation of the Dorsal Wall of the Hypopharynx and Zenker’s Diverticulum?.- Lye Stricture of the Esophagus and Gastric Antrum.- Caustic Esophageal Stricture: Bypass Versus Resection.- A Case of Funnel-Type Benign Esophageal Stricture Due to Foreign Body.- Assessment of the Surgical Treatment of Reflux Esophagitis Complicated by Esophageal Stricture.- Treatment of Benign Esophageal Stricture.- Esophageal Cancer.- Early Carcinoma of the Esophagus.- Epidemiology and Biology.- Risk Factors for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus in Southern Thailand.- Patterns of Presentation of Carcinoma of the Esophagus and Cardia in Patients Less Than 50 Years Old.- Interaction Between Epidermal Growth Factor and Its Receptor in the Progression of Human Esophageal Carcinoma.- Cell Kinetics and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Expression: Useful Guides in Esophageal Cancer?.- Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGF-R) and HER-2/NEU p185 Protein Expression in Esophageal Cancer.- New Strategy of Treatment for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Immunotoxin Which Reacts to Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor.- Two Types of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Human Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- Statistical Study of Second Primary Malignancies After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer.- Clinical Study of Superficial Esophageal Cancer.- Heparin-Binding (Fibroblast) Growth Factors Are Potential Autocrine Regulators of Esophageal Epithelial Cell Proliferation.- Association of hst-1 Gene Amplification with Poor Postoperative Prognosis of Esophageal Carcinoma.- Amplification of hst-1 and int-2 Genes as a Good Biological Marker of High Malignancy for Human Esophageal Carcinomas.- Analysis of Gene Amplification in Human Esophageal Cancer.- pH Monitoring of Gastric Tube After Esophagectomy.- Experimental and Clinical Study of Blood Flow in the Tracheal Mucosa.- Pathology.- Prognostic Factors for T1 Carcinoma of the Esophagus.- Esophageal Cancer Associated with Multiple Primary or Intramural Metastatic Lesions.- Histopathologic Investigation of Squamous Epithelial Dysplasia and Carcinoma of the Esophagus.- A Clinico-Pathological Study on Esophageal Carcinoma Associated with Dysplasia.- Factors Influencing the Prognosis of Mucosal Carcinoma of the Esophagus.- Cytokeratin 14, 18, and 19 Expression in Normal Epithelium and in Squamous Cancer of the Esophagus.- Studies on the Relationship Between Desmosomes and Metastasis and Prognosis of Esophageal Cancer.- Immunohistochemical Study of Esophageal Carcinomas Other Than Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- Development of an Experimental Model for Spontaneous Lymph Node Metastasis of Human Esophageal Carcinoma in Nude Mice—Histopathological Analysis.- Correlation Between Expression of E-Cadherin and Metastasis and Invasion in Human Esophageal Cancer.- Immunohistochemical Study of the Expression of HLA-DR Antigen and Lymphocyte Infiltration in Human Esophageal Carcinoma.- Unusual Manifestation of Malignant Lymphoma of the Esophagus.- Diagnosis and Cancer Staging.- Endosonography and Computerized Tomography in the Evaluation Tumor Invasion in Esophageal Cancer After Preoperative Chemo- and Radiotherapy.- Clinical Evaluation of Mucosal Cancer of the Esophagus: Analysis of 1584 Cases of Superficial Esophageal Cancer Resected in Japan.- Staging of Esophageal Cancer: Preoperative Prediction of LN-Metastases.- Cervical Lymph Node Metastases in Thoracic Esophageal Cancer and Their Prognostic Role.- Scintigraphic Evaluation of Substitute Function After Esophagoplasty.- Strip Biopsy for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Superficial Esophageal Carcinoma and Esophageal Dysplasia.- Treatment of Superficial Esophageal Carcinoma with Reference to X-Ray Findings.- The Effectiveness of Ultrasonography in Diagnosis of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis in Preoperative Esophageal Cancer.- Natural History of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, with Special Reference to Evaluation of Clinical Growth Rate by Tumor Volume Doubling Time.- Resection for Esophageal Cancer.- For the Debate on the Significance of Lymphadenectomy in Esophageal Cancer.- Is Radical Lymphadenectomy of Value in the Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer?.- Surgical Result of Esophageal Cancer Treated with Extended Lymph Node Dissection.- Pulse Oximetry for Assessment of Gastric Tube Circulation in Esophageal Replacement After Subtotal Esophagectomy.- Transmediastinal Esophagectomy: Comparison of Cardiopulmonary Performance After Anterior Versus Posterior Reconstruction.- Cancer of the Cervical Esophagus: Extent of Resection, Short- and Long-Term Results of Surgery.- Surgical Management of Suture Insufficiency at Cervical Esophagogastrostomy After Surgery for Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus.- Esophageal Cancer: Surgical Treatment.- Late Results of Operations on Esophagus and Cardia Tomors (1973–1990).- Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus: Results of Surgical Treatment.- Lymph Node Dissection for Carcinoma of the Cardia—Is It Worthwhile?.- Total Extended Gastrectomy Plus Transhiatal Esophagectomy for Cancer of the Cardia.- The Influence of Thoracic Duct Resection on Postesophagectomy Hemodynamics: An Analysis of Changes of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Brain Natriuretic Peptide.- Colon Interposition in the Treatment of Esophageal Carcinoma After Gastrectomy.- Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus: Our Thirty Years’ Experience.- Two-Stage Extensive Lymphadenectomy for Thoracic Esophageal Carcinoma.- Significance of Systematic Lymphadenectomy in Patients with Esophageal Cancer.- A Study on the Mode of Recurrence in Cases with Esophagectomy and Extensive Lymph Node Dissections.- Surgical Treatment of Intrathoracic Esophageal Carcinoma: Analysis of 481 Cases of Resected Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- The Results of En Bloc Esophagectomy Compared with Three-Field and Two-Field Dissection.- Lymph Node Metastasis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Thoracic Esophagus as a Prognostic Factor.- Prognostic Factors in Patients with Squamous Cell Cancer of the Esophagus Undergoing Transthoracic En Bloc Resection.- Esophagectomy Without Thoracotomy and Transthoracic Esophagectomy for Cancer of the Thoracic Esophagus: Analysis of 811 Patients.- Esophageal and Gastric Cardia Carcinoma: Patient Selection for Transhiatal Esophagectomy.- Blunt Dissection for Thoracic Esophageal Cancer.- Esophageal Stripping—Experience in 82 Cases.- Swallowing Function Before and After Esophagectomy for Treatment of Esophageal Cancer.- Dilatation in 1002 Cases of Postoperative Anastomotic Stenosis of Esophagocardial Carcinoma.- Endodissection in Transhiatal Esophagectomy: Technique and Clinical Results.- The Impact of Close Surveillance of Barrett’s Esophagus Patients on the Results of Esophagogastrectomy for Carcinoma.- Contribution of Obesity and Intra-Abdominal Fat Accumulation to Postoperative Respiratory Disorders in Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma.- A Clinical Study of Esophageal Cancer with Invasion of Contiguous Structures.- Blunt Dissection for Carcinoma of the Esophagus, with Particular Reference to the Lower Thoracic and Abdominal Esophagus.- How Should Therapies for Superficial Cancer of the Esophagus Be Performed?.- Transhiatal Esophagectomy for Intrathoracic Esophageal Cancer.- Operative Procedure and Clinical Outcome of Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus.- Recurrence of Thoracic Esophageal Cancer After Three-Field Lymphadenectomy.- Reduction of Operative Morbidity and Mortality in Esophageal Cancer Through Strict Prevention of Postoperative Complications.- Surgical Treatment for Esophageal Cancer After Gastrectomy.- Studies on Surgical Treatment for Esophageal Cancer After Gastrectomy.- Multimodality Treatment for Esophageal Cancer.- Leucovorin, Cisplatin, and 5-Fluorouracil for Advanced Esophageal Cancer.- Neoadjuvant Treatment for Squamous Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus.- Radical Radiotherapy for Inoperable Locally Advanced Esophageal Carcinoma: A Retrospective Analysis of the Treatment Results over 21-Years Experience.- High-Dose-Rate Intraluminal Brachytherapy for Advanced Esophageal Cancer: Analysis of Long Survivors.- Do Postoperative Radiochemotherapy and/or Aggressive Chemotherapy for Patients with Cancer of the Esophagus Who Have Undergone Curative Surgery Contribute to Improvement of Prognosis?.- Esophageal Carcinoma Treated with Proton Beam.- A New Modality of Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Esophageal Carcinoma Using Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertension and OK-432-Induced Hyperthermia.- Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TIL) and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Esophageal Cancer.- A New Slow-Releasing Drug Delivery System for Chemically Combined Cisplatin with Chitin for Intraoperative Local Application: An Experimental Study.- Larynx Preserving Strategy in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Cervical Esophagus.- Combined Modality Treatment for Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Esophageal Carcinoma Located at or Above the Level of the Tracheal Bifurcation.- Evaluation of Adjuvant Therapy for Esophagectomy with Collo-Thoraco-Abdominal Lymph Node Dissection.- Treatment for Recurrence of Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus.- Drug Sensitivity Tests for Human Esophageal Cancer.- Local Chemotherapy of Esophageal Cancer with Bleomycin Adsorbed to Activated Carbon Particles.- Advanced and Recurrent Esophageal Carcinoma: Combination Chemotherapy with Etoposide, Leucovorin, 5-Fluorouracil, and Cisplatin.- Preoperative Chemotherapy with Cisplatin/5-FU/Leucovorin for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus.- A Prospective Randomized Trial of Pre- and Postoperative Chemotherapy in Patients with Esophageal Cancer.- Preoperative Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus: A Pilot Study Report.- High-Dose-Rate Intraluminal Brachytherapy for Small Superficial Esophageal Carcinoma.- High-Dose-Rate Intracavitary Irradiation in the Surgical Treatment of Cancer of the Thoracic Esophagus.- Resectable Esophageal Carcinoma: Preoperative Versus Postoperative Radiochemotherapy.- Postoperative Irradiation for Esophageal Carcinoma.- Clinical Trial of Preoperative Chemotherapy, Intraoperative Radiotherapy, and Esophagectomy for Lower Esophageal Carcinoma.- Treatment for T4 Cancer of the Intrathoracic Esophagus.- Efficacy of Hyperthermia for Advanced Esophageal Carcinoma.- Palliative Treatment for Esophageal Cancer and Others.- The Development of “Through-Bougie Esophageal Prosthesis Intubation” and Its Evolution to an “Extinctive Type”.- Results of Two Types of Substernal Gastric Bypass for Advanced Esophageal Cancer.- Bypass Operation with Pedicled Jejunum for Unresectable Intrathoracic Esophageal Cancer.- Quality of Life After Laser Therapy in Patients with Inoperable Cancer of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia.- Preoperative Total Parenteral Nutrition in Patients with Cancer of the Esophagus or Stomach.- Pulmonary Function During Exercise Before and After Radical Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer.- Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Improves Postoperative Protein Retention of Patients Receiving Esophagectomy.- Usefulness of Posterior Mediastinal Reconstruction After Esophagectomy in Case of Esophageal Cancer with Palsy of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve.- Small Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus: Report of Three Cases And Review of Literature.- The Clinicopathological and Prognostic Evaluation of 12 Primary Undifferentiated Small Cell Carcinomas.- Relationship Between the Esophagus, Trachea, Pleura.- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) for Treatment of Dysphagia.- Disturbance of the Coagulatory System Before and After Surgery for Esophageal Cancer—Clinical Significance and Therapy.- Experimental Study on Function of the Upper Esophageal Sphincter After Radical Operation for Esophageal Cancer.- The Immunological Changes After Operation for Esophageal Cancer and the Effect of Lentinan.- Study of Postoperative Arrhythmias After Operation for Esophageal Cancer.