Disruption of the gastroesophageal junction by central obesity and waist belt: Role of raised intra-abdominal pressure

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 318-325

  Lee, Y Y ^a,b   Mccoll, K E L ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastroesophageal junction; Hiatus hernia; Obesity; Reflux; Waist belt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; CLOTHING; EARLY INTERVENTION; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; EXERCISE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBESITY; PRECANCER; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; STOMACH PH; STOMACH PRESSURE; WAIST BELT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; CARDIA; COMPLICATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION; HERNIA, HIATAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

CARDIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84928587444     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dote.12202     Document Type: Review

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