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Pathophysiology, Incidence, and Clinical Presentation In normal esophageal anatomy the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) is located below the hiatal orifice. It is held in place by both the phrenoesophageal ligaments and an aggregate of posterior attachments between the GEJ and cardia…
Lung cancer remains the number one cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women, and the incidence continues to rise with approximately 175,000 new cases diagnosed annually in the United States. In this chapter, we review several innovative therapies for…
The first recorded bronchoscopic intervention is attributed to Gustav Killian, who in 1897 used an esophagoscope to remove a piece of pork bone from a patient's right mainstem bronchus. A few decades later, Chevalier Jackson, now known as the father…