Esophagogastric Junction Morphology and Distal Esophageal Acid Exposure

Shunsuke Akimoto,Saurabh Singhal,Takahiro Masuda,Se Ryung Yamamoto,Wendy Jo Svetanoff,Sumeet K. Mittal

Esophagogastric Junction Morphology and Distal Esophageal Acid Exposure

2016

Shunsuke Akimoto
Saurabh Singhal
Takahiro Masuda
Se Ryung Yamamoto
Wendy Jo Svetanoff
Sumeet K. Mittal

Background The Chicago classification has recently added a morphological subclassification for the esophagogastric junction (EGJ). Our aim was to assess the distal esophageal acid exposure in patients with this new Chicago EGJ-type IIIa and IIIb classification.

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Medicine
Hiatal hernia
General surgery
Transplant surgery
Internal medicine
Hepatology
Surgery
High resolution manometry
esophagogastric junction
in patient
Gastroenterology
Diabetes mellitus

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