ABSTRACT

Data in this chapter may be updated by a Medline search using the keywords: gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, Barrett’s oesophagus, oesophageal motility, oesophageal achalasia, oesophageal cancer, oesophageal perforation, oesophageal disruption, Boerhaave’s, oesophageal foreign body, eosinophilic oesophagitis. The fifth edition of the textbook Oesophagogastric surgery was also consulted in preparing this chapter. 1