Open AccessAchalasia: A to Z
Author(s) -
Hunter John G.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.115
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1432-2323
pISSN - 0364-2313
DOI - 10.1007/s00268-015-3056-y
Subject(s) - achalasia , cardiothoracic surgery , abdominal surgery , vascular surgery , general surgery , cardiac surgery , medicine , surgery , esophagus
For reasons that only partially escape me, many of the world’s experts in the surgical care of achalasia hail from Italy. We have the good fortune to have many of them contributing to this symposium, from Allaix to Zaninotto. To assure the true international flavor of this symposium additional experts from Argentina, Brazil, Germany, and the US have been assembled to create an ‘‘all-star cast’’, under the direction of guest editor and guru, Marco Patti. The resulting ten piece symposium should serve as the guide for any surgeon managing achalasia today. The summary points of this symposium, if I might be so bold, are as follows: