Barrett's esophagus: the changing management.

Autor: Lichtenstein GR; Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA., Crooks GW
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Hospital practice (1995) [Hosp Pract (1995)] 1997 Nov 15; Vol. 32 (11), pp. 125-8, 131-4, 139.
DOI: 10.1080/21548331.1997.11443601
Abstrakt: An estimated 700,000 persons in the United States currently have this disease, which is often preceded by gastroesophageal reflux and may progress to adenocarcinoma. Questions posed in management include: Which patients merit endoscopic surveillance? And in which is medical therapy or surgery appropriate?
Databáze: MEDLINE