Surgery of the Oesophagus

Deals with the investigative techniques currently available for the assessment and diagnosis of patients with esophageal disease, the clinical features of the various disease entities and their medical and surgical management. The need for a second edition (first, 1986) arose from the galloping pace of changing techniques and ideas, likely to be accelerated with the advent of thoracoscopic and laparoscopic approaches. A new chapter covers pharyngeal reconstruction; other topics include congenital anomalies, perforations, motility disorders, benign strictures, tumors. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.