The Short Oesophagus

The congenital short oesophagus.

It is now generally agreed that many cases of short oesophagus with hiatal hernia were previously described as congenital on insufficient evidence; by far the commonest cause is acquired chronic cicatrizing reflux or digestion oesophagitis. There is, however, a risk that the pendulum may swing too far the other way and the existence of the congenital lesion be generally denied or forgotten. Fin...

Short answer in short segment Barrett's oesophagus.

Hiatal hernia and short oesophagus in children.

Diseases and malformations of the oesophagus have hitherto been a neglected field in paediatrics. During recent years this attitude has been altered, because the progress of thoracic surgery has made operations on the oesophagus a much safer procedure and has thus increased the possibility of treating surgically oesophageal lesions in children. Among the diseases and malformations which have be...

Intrathoracic fundoplication for reflux stricture associated with short oesophagus.

ABSTRACr Intrathoracic fundoplication was carried out in 45 patients with reflux stricture associated with a short oesophagus after the stricture had been fully dilated at operation. There were two deaths in hospital (4.4%). The follow-up extended from one to 10 years. Two patients required dilatation and four others had symptoms of nausea and fullness, all for up to six months. Thirty-seven pa...

An operation for hiatus hernia with short oesophagus.