The Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants and Children

GENERAL PART: Preface.- Introduction.- Anatomy of esophago-gastric junction.- Pathophysiology of GER in pediatric patients.- Clinical aspects of gastroesophageal reflux in infants and children.- GER secondary to malformations.- Features of entities mimicking GER.- Infants regurgitation.- The gastroesophageal reflux in patients with respiratory symptoms.- GER and Barrett's esophagus.- Genetics and gastroesophageal reflux disease.- PEDIATRIC PART: Gastroesophageal pH-monotoring.- Esophageal manometry in the diagnostic evaluation of infants and children with GER.- Gastroesophagel endoscopy for the diagnostic evaluation of infants with GER.- Barium swallow: a useful exam to diagnose GER in children.- Scintigraphic assessment of GER in pediatric patients.- Ultrasonography and bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of children with gastroesophageal reflux.- The B.A.L. technique to evaluate silent aspiration in children with reflux-associated respiratory disease (RARD) Gastric emptying and pediatric gastroesophagael reflux.- Current concepts in the medical therapy of GER in children.- SURGICAL PART: Long term results of medical therapy and indications for surgery.- Surgery for gastresophageal reflux? A retrospective analysis of 50 years of open surgery in the treatment of children with GER.- Can laparoscopy be considered the 'gold standard' in the management of children with GER.- Nissen's procedure.- Nissen-Rossetti's procedure.- Toupet's procedure.- Jaubert de Beaujeu's procedure.- Laparoscopic anterior fundoplication of the stomach according to Thal.- Boix-ochao procedure.- Other antireflux procedures in infants with GERD.- Esophagogastric dissociation.- Complications of antireflux surgery.- Clinical outcomes after laparoscopic antireflux surgery.- Redo surgery in case of recurrent GER.- The management of GER in neurologically impaired patients.- Results and follow-up of antireflux surgery in NIC.