Notes etc.
Upper GI
future-oriented
Upper GI Surgery
These resources collected from a variety of sources and simplified (as much as medicine allows) to provide quick reference guides. Useful for exam revision, patient work-ups and management plans.
We reference all sources that have contributed to this material, with thanks.
Anti-reflux surgery
Gallstones
“Failure to relax” of the lower oesophageal sphincter
Replacement of healthy oesophageal epithelium by metaplastic columnar cells
what do you need?
Operation Guidelines, Techniques and Info
Quick references, mainly aimed at benign UGI work.
In 1946 during a RCS Hunterian Lecture, the combined laparotomy and right thoractomy to remove oesophageal cancer was described.. the Ivor-Lewis Oesphagectomy was born
RDRP Team
remember the path
Anatomy
“Those who have dissected or inspected many [bodies] have at least learnt to doubt; while others who are ignoralnt of anatomy and do not take the trouble to attend it are in no doubt at all.”
Giovanni Battista Morgagni
communication is key
making a start
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and if the surgeon is like a poet, then the scars you have made on countless bodies are like verses into the fashioning of which you have poured your soul
Richard Selzer