Laryngotracheo-esophageal cleft (LTEC) is a congenital anomaly, rarely found in neonates with esophageal atresia (EA) and tracheo-esophageal fistula (TEF), that poses diagnostic and treatment dilemmas...
Esophageal acid sensitivity is believed to develop as a result of esophageal acid exposure, contributing factors being gastroesophageal reflux and delayed esophageal acid clearance. The relationship a...
AIM: To evaluate the functional aspect of esophageal motility in healthy subjects and in patients who were referred for esophageal function testing using multichannel intraluminal impedance-esophageal...
BACKGROUND DATA: Hipotensive lower esophageal sphincter (HLES) has been considered the most frequent finding in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Recently it has been published tha...
Using color Doppler esophageal ultrasonography(CDEUS) with water balloon, we examined the lower esophageal veins of 24 patients with portal hypertension and esophageal varices. The results showed that...