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