BACKGROUND: There is recent evidence showing that obesity is associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease and esophageal dysmotility, although symptoms are not always present. AIMS: This is a ...

The locations of the lesions were the cervical esophagus in two lesions, upper thoracic esophagus in 12 lesions, middle thoracic esophagus in 35 lesions, and lower thoracic esophagus in 19 lesions.

Case presentation: A 58-year-old male with a two-month history of progressively worsening dysphagia over the past 10 days underwent a gastrointestinal barium meal examination, which revealed an ...

At long last, Grey's Anatomy season 21 has aired its winter premier in the US on ABC following some dramatic developments. There have been some major changes occurring to the cast of Grey's ...

An esophageal spasm is the sudden, abnormal squeezing of the food pipe (esophagus) -- the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach. Doctors are not sure what causes esophageal spasms ...

The thyroid gland is part of the endocrine system (along with the adrenal glands, hypothalamus, pituitary, ovaries, and testes, and other endocrine organs). The thyroid gland releases hormones into ...

The hepatogastric ligament is cut into the hepatogastric space, and the hepatogastric space is connected to the lower segment of the esophagus to the head, and the gastrophrenic ligament is cut open ...

aDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Ya University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China bDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sun Ya University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China cGuangdong Provincial Clinical ...

L. Congenital atresia of esophagus with tracheoesophageal fistula: report of successful extra-pleural ligation of fistulous communication and cervical esophagostomy. J. Thoracic Surg. 10: 648 ...

This article explains the anatomy and function of the small intestine ... such as the large intestine, stomach, esophagus, and more. The small intestine extends from the stomach to the colon. It is ...