Fundoplication mobilizes the lower esophagus and wraps the fundus of the stomach, either partially or totally, around the esophagus. If the esophageal hiatus is enlarged, it is also narrowed by ...
Image C is the upper gastrointestinal series of a patient who presented with chest pain, whose manometry showed a pattern of type III achalasia (spastic contractions). This is clinically is similar to ...
PAF causes strong contractions—especially in the muscles of the esophagus and the stomach’s upper region (called the gastric fundus). In other parts of the intestine, such as the small intestine and ...
If you have an esophagus, you’ve almost certainly experienced the occasional bout of heartburn — that painful sensation that occurs when highly acidic stomach juices splash up into the tube that ...
a: Total disruption of the fundoplication with herniation of the fundus into the mediastinum. b: Herniation of the fundus into the chest through the fundoplication—a slipped Nissen. This complication ...
The Collis gastroplasty is an esophageal lengthening procedure that addresses a shortened esophagus. First, an anvil is passed alongside an esophageal dilator through the fundus (a). This guides an ...
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