Sessions

 

Session 34

 

Thursday, September 3

8:00 – 10:00 am

Room: Bosio    

Esophageal motility measurement – A vital tool in esophageal surgery

 

     
Chairs: Roger P. Tatum (USA) – C. Prakash Gyawali (USA)

Discussant: Robert Yates (USA)

 

• Esophageal manometry in the workup for antireflux surgery:

• perspective of the gastroenterologist. Sutep Gonlachanvit (Thailand)
• and perspective of the surgeon. Edgar Figueredo (USA)

• Use of esophageal manometry in the workup of failed fundoplication. John O. Clarke (USA)
• High resolution manometry in achalasia—do subtypes make a difference on the outcome of surgery?                                                                                                           Roger P. Tatum (USA)
• Does the presence of esophageal outflow obstruction on HRM impact surgical decision making?
  John O. Clarke (USA)
• Clinical use of the Endo-FLIP device—utility in intraoperative assessment of LES myotomy and calibration of antireflux surgery. Johannes Lenglinger (Austria)
• Which GERD patients do gastroenterologists wish surgeons would never offer operation?

• New tools for assessment of the EGJ barrier. C. Prakash Gyawali (USA)