Obesity and Esophageal Disorders

Dhyanesh Patel, Robert Kavitt, Shabnam Sarker, Michael Vaezi
Elsevier
172 pages
ISBN: 9780323983655
July 2022

This book is a comprehensive review on the impact of obesity on esophageal disorders and how to approach, recognize and treat those disorders. Covering the critical gap in awareness on the impact of obesity on esophageal disorders, it presents the newest diagnostic technologies, including high resolution manometry, EndoFLIP, wireless pH monitoring, and mucosal integrity devices. It serves clinicians, surgeons and trainees with guidance on diagnostic approaches, management options, and how to recognize/treat post-surgical esophageal complications of patients with obesity.