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Oesophageal atresia-tracheoesophageal fistula (OA-TOF) is a congenital digestive malformation. With improvements in surgical techniques and perioperative care, survival rates now exceed 90% and OA-TOF is no more just a neonatal surgical problem, and the focus has now shifted from mortality to morbidity with focus on long-term survival and quality of life issues. The primary complications experienced by these patients include gastroesophageal reflux, peptic and eosinophilic esophagitis, anastomotic stricture, esophageal dysmotility, abnormal gastric function, feeding difficulties and respiratory disorders including tracheomalacia and “cyanotic spells”. Concerns in adults include oesophageal adenocarcinoma and epidermoid carcinoma which have been recently reported. This highlights the need for careful multidisciplinary follow up not only in childhood but also after transition to adulthood. Data regarding long-term outcomes and follow-ups are limited for patients following OA-TOF repair. The determination of the risk factors for the complicated evolution following OA-TOF repair may positively impact long-term prognoses. This e-book contains review articles and position paper on all aspects of management of this condition. The material presented in the following articles is primarily based on the presentations by world experts during the recent Fourth International Conference on Oesophageal Atresia held in Sydney in 2016.

Manometry --- Fundoplication --- Oesophageal Atresia --- Gastric function --- Dysmotility --- Tracheoesophageal Fistula --- cyanotic spells --- Gastroesophageal Reflux --- Impedance testing --- Registry --- Long Gap

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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common disorders with an increasing prevalence and incidence in the last two decades. This book, edited by two experienced surgeons and a clinical psychologist in cooperation with numerous worldwide leading experts, presents clinically relevant information for gastroenterologists, internists, surgeons, residents and also nurses, who frequently care for GERD patients. Focusing on different treatment concepts – medical, endoscopic as well as surgical – the chapters include the basics of symptomatology and epidemiology, pathophysiology, GERD among different age groups, complications and its treatment, hiatal hernia or H. pylori and GERD, NERD and functional heartburn, diagnostic procedures and also presurgical examination. In addition, the patient's perspectives of disease, diagnostics and treatment are included, the same as economic aspects of GERD, and the impact of disease on quality of life or patient-reported outcomes after treatment.

Gastroesophageal reflux. --- Esophagus --- Diseases. --- Acid reflux disease --- Esophageal reflux --- Esophagitis, Reflux --- Gastric regurgitation --- Gastro-esophageal reflux --- Reflux disease, Acid --- Reflux esophagitis --- Regurgitation, Gastric --- Heartburn --- Diseases --- Gastroenterology. --- Endoscopic surgery. --- Thoracic surgery. --- Family medicine. --- Psychology, clinical. --- Minimally Invasive Surgery. --- Thoracic Surgery. --- General Practice / Family Medicine. --- Clinical Psychology. --- Clinical psychology. --- Psychiatry --- Psychology, Applied --- Psychological tests --- Endosurgery --- Minimal access surgery --- Minimally invasive surgery --- MIS (Minimally invasive surgery) --- Operative endoscopy --- Surgical endoscopy --- Endoscopy --- Microsurgery --- Surgery, Operative --- Internal medicine --- Digestive organs --- Thoracic surgery --- Thoracic surgeons --- Family practice (Medicine) --- General practice (Medicine) --- Medicine --- Physicians (General practice) --- Gastroenterology . --- Minimally invasive surgery. --- General practice (Medicine). --- Gastroesophageal reflux --- Gastroesophageal Reflux --- Fundoplication - methods --- Patients --- Fundoplication