Published in Am J Surg on February 01, 1978
Complications of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Role of the lower esophageal sphincter, esophageal acid and acid/alkaline exposure, and duodenogastric reflux. Ann Surg (1992) 1.50
Drug-induced esophageal strictures. Ann Surg (1987) 1.40
Spontaneous enterogastric reflux gastritis and esophagitis. Ann Surg (1985) 1.16
The mutagenic potential of duodenoesophageal reflux. Ann Surg (2005) 1.08
Effects of bile acids and hydrogen ion on the fine structure of oesophageal epithelium. Gut (1981) 1.00
Function-preserving surgery for gastric cancer. Int J Clin Oncol (2006) 0.98
Alkaline reflux oesophagitis. Gut (1991) 0.96
Determinants of oesophageal 'alkaline' pH environment in controls and patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Gut (1993) 0.96
Can pH monitoring reliably detect gastro-oesophageal reflux in preterm infants? Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed (2001) 0.94
Pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux. Ann Surg (1985) 0.94
Bile acid concentrations in the gastric juice of patients with erosive oesophagitis. Gut (1985) 0.84
Duodenogastric Reflux-induced (Alkaline) Esophagitis. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol (2004) 0.81
Gastro-oesophageal reflux--initial experience with a radiotelemetry system for prolonged oesophageal pH monitoring. Ulster Med J (1985) 0.78
Effect of cholecystectomy on gastric and esophageal bile reflux in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Dig Dis Sci (2007) 0.78
Delayed gastric emptying after Roux-en-Y due to four types of partial obstruction. Ann Surg (1992) 0.77
Ambulatory long-term pH monitoring in pigs. Surg Endosc (2003) 0.77
The knife or the pill in the long-term treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease? Yale J Biol Med (1996) 0.75
Twenty-four-hour pH monitoring of the distal esophagus. A quantitative measure of gastroesophageal reflux. Am J Gastroenterol (1974) 5.89
Surgical management of esophageal reflux and hiatus hernia. Long-term results with 1,030 patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1967) 4.67
Technique, indications, and clinical use of 24 hour esophageal pH monitoring. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1980) 4.60
Nissen fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Evaluation of primary repair in 100 consecutive patients. Ann Surg (1986) 4.22
Patterns of gastroesophageal reflux in health and disease. Ann Surg (1976) 4.07
Epigenetic patterns in the progression of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Cancer Res (2001) 3.70
Regulation of histone mRNA production and stability in serum-stimulated mouse 3T6 fibroblasts. Mol Cell Biol (1983) 3.13
Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is an effective treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Ann Surg (1994) 3.09
Acid clearing from the distal esophagus. Arch Surg (1968) 3.04
Ambulatory 24-h esophageal pH monitoring: normal values, optimal thresholds, specificity, sensitivity, and reproducibility. Am J Gastroenterol (1992) 2.96
High prevalence of abnormal acid gastro-oesophageal reflux in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Eur Respir J (2006) 2.94
Evaluation of current operations for the prevention of gastroesophageal reflux. Ann Surg (1974) 2.91
Barrett's esophagus. Comparison of benign and malignant cases. Ann Surg (1983) 2.91
En bloc resection for neoplasms of the esophagus and cardia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1983) 2.78
Fields of aberrant CpG island hypermethylation in Barrett's esophagus and associated adenocarcinoma. Cancer Res (2000) 2.73
Occult cervical nodal metastasis in esophageal cancer: preliminary results of three-field lymphadenectomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1997) 2.70
A contemporaneous comparison of hospital charges for laparoscopic and open Nissen fundoplication. Surg Endosc (1995) 2.59
Assessment of distal esophageal function in patients with hiatal hernia and-or gastroesophageal reflux. Ann Surg (1970) 2.55
Laparoscopic repair of large type III hiatal hernia: objective followup reveals high recurrence rate. J Am Coll Surg (2000) 2.53
Clinical and physiologic comparison of laparoscopic and open Nissen fundoplication. J Am Coll Surg (1995) 2.44
Cell cycle regulation of thymidylate synthetase gene expression in cultured mouse fibroblasts. J Biol Chem (1980) 2.40
Outcome of adenocarcinoma arising in Barrett's esophagus in endoscopically surveyed and nonsurveyed patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1994) 2.25
Development of the 24-hour intraesophageal pH monitoring composite scoring system. J Clin Gastroenterol (1986) 2.25
The lower esophageal sphincter in health and disease. Am J Surg (1988) 2.17
Mixed reflux of gastric and duodenal juices is more harmful to the esophagus than gastric juice alone. The need for surgical therapy re-emphasized. Ann Surg (1995) 2.17
Prevalence and location of nodal metastases in distal esophageal adenocarcinoma confined to the wall: implications for therapy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1999) 2.07
High incidence of tuberculosis among HIV-infected infants: evidence from a South African population-based study highlights the need for improved tuberculosis control strategies. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 2.06
Normal 24-hr ambulatory esophageal pH values. Influence of study center, pH electrode, age, and gender. Dig Dis Sci (1992) 2.04
Selection of operation for esophageal cancer based on staging. Ann Surg (1986) 2.03
Cell cycle regulation of dihydrofolate reductase mRNA metabolism in mouse fibroblasts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1980) 2.02
Increased prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (1998) 2.00
Does duodenal juice reflux into the esophagus of patients with complicated GERD? Evaluation of a fiberoptic sensor for bilirubin. Am J Surg (1995) 1.98
Early surgery for acute gallstone pancreatitis: evaluation of a systematic approach. Surgery (1978) 1.98
Regulation of ribosomal protein mRNA content and translation in growth-stimulated mouse fibroblasts. Mol Cell Biol (1982) 1.98
Etiology and pathogenesis of acute biliary pancreatitis. Surgery (1980) 1.96
Minding your OTCs. Occup Health Saf (2001) 1.94
Symptomatic esophageal reflux. Am J Dig Dis (1966) 1.91
Management of esophageal perforation. Am J Surg (1980) 1.90
Oxytocin and neurohypophyseal peptides: spectral assignment and conformational analysis by 220 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1969) 1.87
The treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease with laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication: prospective evaluation of 100 patients with "typical" symptoms. Ann Surg (1998) 1.81
Catastrophic hemorrhage on sternal reentry: still a dreaded complication? Ann Thorac Surg (1999) 1.80
Regulation of dihydrofolate reductase gene expression in mouse fibroblasts during the transition from the resting to growing state. J Cell Physiol (1978) 1.80
Acute pancreatitis with hyperlipemia. Surgery (1971) 1.79
Barrett's esophagus. Functional assessment, proposed pathogenesis, and surgical therapy. Arch Surg (1983) 1.75
Minimally invasive surgery for achalasia: an 8-year experience with 168 patients. Ann Surg (1999) 1.75
A clinical outcome and cost analysis of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy. Am J Surg (1996) 1.75
Pathogenesis of esophagitis in patients with gastroesophageal reflux. Surgery (1980) 1.74
Esophageal function in patients with angina-type chest pain and normal coronary angiograms. Ann Surg (1982) 1.71
Pill-induced esophageal injury. Case reports and review of the medical literature. Dig Dis Sci (1983) 1.70
Control of thymidylate synthase mRNA content and gene transcription in an overproducing mouse cell line. Mol Cell Biol (1985) 1.70
Clinical and in vitro analysis of determinants of gastroesophageal competence. A study of the principles of antireflux surgery. Am J Surg (1979) 1.69
Is Barrett's metaplasia the source of adenocarcinomas of the cardia? Arch Surg (1994) 1.68
In vitro and in vivo analysis of the control of dihydrofolate reductase gene transcription in serum-stimulated mouse fibroblasts. J Cell Physiol (1984) 1.67
Curative resection for esophageal adenocarcinoma: analysis of 100 en bloc esophagectomies. Ann Surg (2001) 1.66
Surgery and the management of peripheral lung tumors adherent to the parietal pleura. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1992) 1.64
Length of the distal esophageal sphincter and competency of the cardia. Am J Surg (1986) 1.64
Columnar mucosa and intestinal metaplasia of the esophagus: fifty years of controversy. Ann Surg (2000) 1.63
Robotic surgery: identifying the learning curve through objective measurement of skill. Surg Endosc (2003) 1.62
Regulation of dihydrofolate reductase synthesis in an overproducing 3T6 cell line during transition from resting to growing state. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1979) 1.61
En bloc esophagectomy improves survival for stage III esophageal cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1997) 1.61
En bloc esophagectomy reduces local recurrence and improves survival compared with transhiatal resection after neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.61
Occult esophageal adenocarcinoma: extent of disease and implications for effective therapy. Ann Surg (1999) 1.60
The timing of biliary tract operations in patients with pancreatitis associated with gallstones. Surg Gynecol Obstet (1975) 1.60
Telomerase reverse transcriptase expression is increased early in the Barrett's metaplasia, dysplasia, adenocarcinoma sequence. J Gastrointest Surg (2000) 1.59
Changes in RNA in relation to growth of the fibroblast. III. Posttranscriptional regulation of mRNA formation in resting and growing cells. Cell (1975) 1.59
Computerized identification of pathologic duodenogastric reflux using 24-hour gastric pH monitoring. Ann Surg (1991) 1.58
Inflammation and specialized intestinal metaplasia of cardiac mucosa is a manifestation of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Ann Surg (1997) 1.58
Diverticula of the mid- and lower esophagus: pathogenesis and surgical management. World J Surg (1986) 1.57
Cystic and bullous lung disease. Ann Thorac Surg (1991) 1.55
Pigment gallstones form as a composite of bacterial microcolonies and pigment solids. Ann Surg (1987) 1.55
Indications, benefits and outcome of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. Dig Dis (1997) 1.54
Immunosuppression in patients with Barrett's esophagus. Surgery (1992) 1.54
Potentially curable cancer of the esophagus. Cancer (1982) 1.53
Suppression of gastric acid secretion in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease results in gastric bacterial overgrowth and deconjugation of bile acids. J Gastrointest Surg (2000) 1.53
The evaluation of objective measurements of gastroesophageal reflux and their contribution to patient management. Surg Clin North Am (1976) 1.52
Regulation of thymidine kinase enzyme level in serum-stimulated mouse 3T6 fibroblasts. Exp Cell Res (1982) 1.52
Ampullary obstruction monitoring in acute gallstone pancreatitis: a safe, accurate, and reliable method to detect pancreatic ductal obstruction. Am J Gastroenterol (2000) 1.51
Recurrent biliary stricture. Patterns of recurrence and outcome of surgical therapy. Am J Surg (1984) 1.50
Complications of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Role of the lower esophageal sphincter, esophageal acid and acid/alkaline exposure, and duodenogastric reflux. Ann Surg (1992) 1.50
Dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus: diagnosis, surveillance and treatment. Dig Dis (1996) 1.49
Talc pleurodesis: talc slurry versus thoracoscopic talc insufflation in a porcine model. Ann Thorac Surg (1996) 1.49
Diagnosis and management of synchronous lung cancers. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1985) 1.48
Twenty-four-hour gastric luminal pH in normal subjects: influence of probe position, food, posture, and duodenogastric reflux. Am J Gastroenterol (1994) 1.48
Long-term outcome of antireflux surgery in patients with Barrett's esophagus. Ann Surg (2001) 1.48