Re: Link - surgical info by Dr. Patti

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That's a great link! Thanks for posting it. This is another one

that should be put in the files.

I have said this for a LONG time:

" During the 1970s and the 1980s, operations for benign esophageal

disorders were often withheld or delayed in favor of less effective

forms of treatment in an effort to prevent the postoperative

discomfort, the long hospital stay, and the recovery time associated

with open surgical procedures. >>>>FOR instance, pneumatic

dilatation became first-line therapy for achalasia, even though

surgical management had been shown to be clearly superior. "

It seems the people here I have known who had all kinds of

endoscopic procedures always ended up having surgery anyway AND when

they had surgery had more complications with the surgery due to scar

tissue from the dilations etc.

I never had " ambulatory PH monitoring " . Anyone had this? Sounds

like lots of fun ;-) Here's a link to how its done

http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/tests/testa06.htm

As I said, put this one in the files! It's a keeper!!

JC

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> Here is some great info on surgery, complete with diagrams, from

Dr. Patti.

> DES is also mentioned in here, . Cindi, still looking for

the stages

> stuff...

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> http://www.acssurgery.com/acsonline/chapters/ch0405.htm

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