Gastroesophageal reflux in infants and children : diagnosis, medical therapy, surgical management /

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a common condition in children. In most infants the reflux disappears spontaneously after the first year of life; nevertheless, children may be managed with medical therapy and those with refractory disease should be referred to surgery. Guidelines for clinical pra...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Esposito, Ciro, Montupet, Philippe, Rothenberg, Steven
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2004]
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Table of Contents:
  • Anatomy of the esophagogastric junction
  • Pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux
  • Clinical aspects of gastroesophageal reflux in infants and children
  • Gastroesophageal reflux secondary to malformations
  • Conditions mimicking gastroesophageal reflux
  • Infant regurgitation
  • Gastroesophageal reflux in patients with respiratory symptoms
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and Barrett's Esophagus
  • Genetics of gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • Pediatrics
  • Esophageal manometry in the diagnostic evaluation of infants and children with GER
  • Esophagogastric pH monitoring in the diagnostic evaluation of infants and children with GER
  • Gastroesophageal endoscopy for the diagnostic evaluation of infants with GER
  • Barium swallow: an useful exam to diagnose GER in children
  • Scintigraphic assessment of GER in pediatric patients
  • Ultrasonography and bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of children with gastroesophageal reflux
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage technique to evaluate silent aspiration in children with reflux-associated respiratory disease
  • Gastric emptying and pediatric gastroesophageal reflux
  • Current concepts in the medical treatment of GER in children
  • Long-term results of medical treatment and indications for surgery
  • Surgery for gastroesophageal reflux?
  • Retrospective analysis of fifty years of open surgery in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux
  • Can laparoscopy be considered the "gold standard" in the management of children with GERD?
  • Nissen-Rossetti's procedure
  • Toupet's procedure
  • Jaubert de Beaujeu's procedure
  • Laparoscopic anterior fundoplication of the stomach according to Thal
  • Boix-Ochoa's procedure
  • Other antireflux procedures in infants with GERD
  • Esophagogastric dissociation
  • Complications of antireflux surgery
  • Clinical outcomes after laparoscopic antireflux surgery
  • Redo surgery in cases of recurrent GER
  • Management of GER in neurologically impaired patients
  • Results and follow-up of antireflux surgery in neurologically impaired children.