Giulia Nezi

BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), with or without hiatal hernia (HH), affects millions of individuals worldwide, with a significant economic impact and loss of health-related quality of life…

BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), with or without hiatal hernia (HH), affects millions of individuals worldwide, with a significant economic impact and loss of health-related quality of life…

Toupet fundoplication (TF) has been shown to have fewer adverse effects compared to Nissen fundoplication (NF), however, it is unknown whether the advantages of TF persist when comparing outcomes by the distensibility of post-fundoplication lower esophageal sphincter (LES)…

The aim of this study was to assess the association between interval between nCRT and

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BACKGROUND: The gold-standard treatment for esophago-gastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) is still debated…

There is no consensus on the definition of failure after treatment in patients with esophageal achalasia. Indeed, the Eckardt score (ES) is commonly used to define clinical outcome, but objective metrics based on high-resolution manometry (HRM) or other diagnostic methods are lacking…