Elastic Fiber Depletion in the Supporting Ligaments of the Gastroesophageal Junction: A Structural Basis for the Development of Hiatal Hernia

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-196

  Curci, John A ^a   Melman, Lora M ^a   Thompson, Robert W ^a,b   Soper, Nathaniel J ^c   Matthews, Brent D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN; EOSIN; FUCHSINE; HEMATOXYLIN; MASSON TRICHROME; RESORCINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROHEPATIC LIGAMENT; GASTROPHRENIC LIGAMENT; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIGAMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHRENOESOPHAGEAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION;

AGED; BIOPSY; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC TISSUE; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 48949116094     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.02.036     Document Type: Article

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