Open AccessMetaplastic Columnar Mucosa in the Cervical Esophagus After Esophagectomy
Author(s) -
Stefan Öberg,
Jan Johansson,
Jörgen Wenner,
Bruno Walther
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200203000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , intestinal metaplasia , esophagectomy , metaplasia , gastroenterology , biopsy , reflux , endoscopy , barrett's esophagus , pathology , stomach , adenocarcinoma , esophageal cancer , cancer , disease
To evaluate the pathogenesis of metaplastic processes within the esophagus using a human model in which the exact duration of reflux was known.