This issue will address the state-of-the-art in esophageal surgery. A distinguished list of authors will present papers on a variety of topics including, paraesophageal hernias, endoscopic therapies for GERD, achalasia, diverticula, Boerhaaves syndrome, staging and multimodality therapy of esophageal cancer, and functional problems following esophageal surgery
1. Partial Versus Complete Fundoplication - Is There A Correct Answer? (Limpert and Naunheim) 2. Management Of Paraesophageal Hernias (Landreneau, Santos and Del Pino) 3. Short Esophagus And Esophageal Stricture (Hoang, Maddaus and Koh) 4. Measurement In The Management Of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (Fernando and de Hoyos) 5. Endoscopic Therapies For Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (Fernando and de Hoyos) 6. Achalasia (Woltman, Pellegrini and Oelschlager) 7. Diverticula Of The Esophagus (Cassivi, Deschamps, Pairolero, Nichols and Allen) 8. Ivor Lewis Esophagogastrectomy (Cassivi, Deschamps, Pairolero and Nichols) 9. Long-Term Function And Quality Of Life After Esophageal Resection 10. Cancer And Barretts (Cassivi, Allen, Pairolero, Nichols andDeschamps) 11. Indications And Technique Of Colon And Jejunal Interpositions For Esophageal Disease (Maish and DeMeester) 12. Boerhaaves Syndrome (Vial and Whyte) 13. Functional Problems Following Esophageal Surgery (Papasavas) 14. Molecular Biology Of Esophageal Cancer In The Genomics Era (Kwong) 15. Current Staging Of Esophageal Carcinoma (Patel and Buenaventura) 16. Esophageal Palliation - PDT / Stents / Brachytherapy (Christie, Landreneau and Patel) 17. Transhiatal Esophagectomy (Lin and Iannettoni) 18. En Bloc Esophagectomy - The Three Field Dissection (Altorki) 19. Multimodality Treatment Of Esophageal Cancer (Gamliel and Krasna) 20. Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (de Hoyos, Luketich and Litle)
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