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Gastrointestinal surgery (GI) is performed for a range of benign and malignant diseases in both elective and emergency settings. This volume covers the surgery and management of the oesophagus and stomach including anatomy, surgical and non-surgical approaches to different conditions, and dedicated sections on oesophageal and gastric cancer.
List of contents
- Part 1:
- 1: Rainer Grotel奎schen, Tarik Ghadban, Kai Bachmann, and Jakob R. Izbicki: Anatomy and physiology
- 2: Yuki B. Werner: Diagnostic tests and principle investigations: Endoscopy, contrast studies, manometry
- 3: Michaela M奎ller, Stefan Niebisch, and Ines Gockel: Motility disorders of the oesophagus
- 4: Joshua Kapp, Philip M奎ller, and Christian Gutschow: Oesophageal diverticula
- 5: Kuniaki Aridome: Benign diseases of the stomach: Focus on dyspepsia
- 6: Bj况rn-Ole St黚en, Anna Dupree, and Oliver Mann: Gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- 7: Zaheer Nabi and D. Nageshwar Reddy: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Non-surgical and surgical
- 8: Alexander Hendricks, Mark Ellrichmann, and Clemens Schafmayer: Upper gastrointestinal perforation: Non-surgical and surgical management
- 9: Rishabh Shah, Lisandro Montorfano, Emanuele Lo Menzo, Samuel Szomstein, and Raul J. Rosenthal: Obesity: Non-surgical treatment and bariatric surgery
- Part 2: Oesophageal Cancer
- 10: Andrew Tang, Thomas Rice, and Usman Ahmad: Oesophageal cancer: Epidemiology, symptoms, diagnostics, staging
- 11: B.M. Eyck, B.J. van der Wilk, M.J.C. van der Sangen, A. van der Gaast, and Jan Van Lanschot: Oesophageal cancer: Multimodality treatment
- 12: Thomas R况sch: Oesophageal cancer: Endoscopic treatment
- 13: Bj况rn-Ole St奎ben, Karl-Frederik Karstens, Michael Nentwich, Jakob R. Izbicki, and Matthias Reeh: Oesophageal cancer: Surgery
- 14: Gijsbert van Boxel, Pieter C. van der Sluis, Peter P. Grimminger, and R. van Hillegersberg: Oesophageal cancer: Minimally-invasive surgery and robotic surgery
- 15: Thorsten Oliver Goetze, and Salah- Eddin Al- Batran: Oesophageal cancer: Future aspects in treatment
- Part 3: Gastric Cancer
- 16: Takaaki Arigami and Shoji Natsugoe: Gastric cancer: Epidemiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and staging
- 17: Mickael Chevallay, Thorsten O Goetze, Salah-Eddin Al-Batran, and Stefan M况nig: Gastric cancer: Multimodal treatment
- 18: Chang Seok Bang: Gastric cancer: Endoscopic treatment
- 19: Matthias Biebl, Dino Kr况ll, Sascha Chopra, and Johann Pratschke: Gastric cancer: Surgery
- 20: Makoto Hikage and Masanori Terashima: Gastric cancer: Minimally invasive surgery and robotic surgery
- 21: A.B.J. Borgstein, Susanne S. Gisbertz, and M.I. van Berge Henegouwen: Gastric cancer: Future aspects of the treatment
About the author
Dr Matthias Reeh was a medical undergraduate at Kiel University until 2008 and then trained, first in surgery, at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany from 2009. In 2016, he became Associate Professor of Surgery and an attending surgeon. In 2018 he became Senior Attending Surgeon at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. His clinical and research interests are in the field of tumor biology and surgical oncology, and in special oesophageal cancer and upper GI surgery. He has written several book chapters and authored or co-authored over 70 research papers. Dr Reeh has received several academic research prizes, such as 'Dr. Martinipreis', and has been named Fellow of the European Board of Surgeons with honours.
Professor Jakob R. Izbicki was a medical undergraduate at Bonn University, Germany. He trained in surgery at University Hospital Hannover, and the University of Cologne, Germany, following a Senior Residency and Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany. In Munich, he became Associate Professor of Surgery and an attending surgeon. In 1992 he went to the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany, and became Senior Attending Surgeon and Professor of Surgery. In 1998 he became Surgeon-In-Chief, and in 2002 Chairman of the Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery. He has written or edited over 20 books and authored or co-authored over 700 research papers. Professor Izbicki received several academic honors such as Honorary Fellowship American College of Surgeons, Honorary Fellowship Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, Honorary Doctorate University of Cluj Napoca, Romania, and Honorary Professor University of Skopje, Macedonia.
Summary
Gastrointestinal surgery (GI) is performed for a range of benign and malignant diseases in both elective and emergency settings. This volume covers the surgery and management of the oesophagus and stomach including anatomy, surgical and non-surgical approaches to different conditions, and dedicated sections on oesophageal and gastric cancer.
