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Book SynopsisHistory of AFS.- Components of foregut disease.- Credentialing guidelines for GI and GI surgery.- Essential components of a foregut center & Centers of excellence concept.- GERD physiology and the role of the sphincter and crura.- Testing for GERD including utility of FLIP.- Medical therapy for GERD.- Personalized GERD management/GERD phenotypes.- Laryngopharyngeal reflux and pulmonary manifestations.- Esophageal hypersensitivity and functional dyspepsia.- Endoscopic GERD therapies including ARMS, TIF, cTIF, and Stretta.- Laparoscopic fundoplication.- Laparoscopic magnetic sphincter augmentation.- Diagnosis and management of paraesophageal hiatal hernia.- Reoperative hiatal hernia repair.- Esophagus cancer epidemiology and genetics.- Esophageal screening technologies.- Staging endoscopic ultrasound.- Minimally invasive esophagectomy.- Endoscopic management of anastomotic leaks.- Endoscopic palliative therapy for esophageal cancer.- Diagnostic testing including modified barium swallow radiography, high resolution manometry, and FLIP.- The Chicago classification.- Cricopharyngeal disorders, endoscopic myotomy and adjuncts for Zenker's diverticulum.- Laparoscopic management of esophageal diverticulum.- Infective and spastic motor disorders of the esophagus.- Therapies for esophageal motor disorders and functional disorders.- Pneumatic dilation for achalasia.- Laparoscopic/Robotic Heller myotomy and fundoplication.- POEM.- Eosinophilic esophagitis.- Scleroderma.- Screening for Barrett's esophagus.- Understanding histology of GERD and Barrett's esophagus.- Management of nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus.- Management of dysplastic Barrett's esophagus.- Management of early esophageal adenocarcinoma.- Benign lesions of the esophagus including foregut duplication cyst, inlet patch, glycogen acanthosis.- Management of esophageal stricture and caustic injury.- Management of Boerhaave's syndrome and iatrogenic esophageal perforation.- Pathophysiology of gastroparesis.- Diagnostic testing and pharmacotherapy in gastroparesis.- Endoscopic therapies for gastroparesis.- Surgical treatments for gastroparesis.- Cyclic vomiting syndrome, dumping, and Marijuana induces hyperemesis syndrome.- Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.- Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty.- Intragastric Balloon therapies and other endoscopic interventions for weight loss.- Endoscopic management of bariatric complications.- Management of GERD in post bariatric patients.- Epidemiology, genetics, and screening of gastric cancer.- Endoscopic staging & resection for early gastric cancer.- Laparoscopic subtotal and total gastrectomy.- Laparoscopic resection of gastric and esophageal submucosal tumors.- Peptic ulcer disease.- MALT lymphoma.- Fellowship training in foregut surgery.- Advocacy.- Robotic foregut surgery.- Coding and reimbursement.- Future of foregut disease management.
