The adult human esophagus is an 18- to 25-cm long muscular tube that has cervical, thoracic, and abdominal parts. The esophagus wall is composed of striated muscle in the upper part, smooth muscle in ...

THIS report considers the following aspects of thoracic surgery; anatomy; physiology; cancer of the lung; tuberculosis; empyema; bronchiectasis; lung abscess; spontaneous pneumothorax; pectus ...

A new endoscopic scanning technique has proven successful in the early detection of dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus and could help clinicians diagnose esophageal cancer at an earlier stage, when the ...

NO previous Medical Progress report has been limited exclusively to surgery of the esophagus. The topic was included most recently in a review of the broad field of thoracic surgery by Scannell and ...

At either end of the esophagus the ciliated epithelium gives rise to esophageal glands. The upper esophagus is derived from branchial arches 4, 5, and 6, but the derivation of the lower esophagus is ...