Abstract:
:Schatzki's ring is a distinct anatomical entity associated with hiatal hernia; however, its significance is unclear. Thirty-two patients with a radiologically demonstrated Schatzki's ring were compared with 32 patients with hiatal hernia and no Schatzki's ring. Schatzki's ring was confirmed on endoscopy in 59 percent of patients. Seventy-five percent of patients with Schatzki's ring presented with dysphagia compared with 41 percent of control patients (p less than 0.01). Heartburn and regurgitation were less frequent than in control subjects (38 percent versus 91 percent, p less than 0.0001). Schatzki's ring patients were found to have a lower incidence of proven gastroesophageal reflux on 24-hour pH monitoring. Those with proven reflux were found to have a more efficient lower esophageal sphincter than control patients. Sixty-two percent of Schatzki's ring patients without proven reflux had a history of chronic ingestion of drugs known to be damaging to the esophageal mucosa, whereas only 26 percent of patients with reflux had this history. This was found in 16 percent of controls. Sixty-two percent of Schatzki's ring patients without reflux responded to a single dilatation compared with 37 percent of those with reflux. These findings suggest an etiologic relationship between pill lodgement and Schatzki's ring in patients without reflux and indicate that different therapy should be employed in these patients.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Jamieson J,Hinder RA,DeMeester TR,Litchfield D,Barlow A,Bailey RT Jrdoi
10.1016/0002-9610(89)90193-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-12-01 00:00:00pages
563-6issue
6eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
0002-9610(89)90193-1journal_volume
158pub_type
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.05.016
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(01)00672-9
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(88)80363-5
更新日期:1988-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.10.023
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00162-6
更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1981-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.12.022
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(98)00313-4
更新日期:1999-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1985-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.09.036
更新日期:2020-09-29 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80204-1
更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0002-9610(86)90040-1
更新日期:1986-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.06.011
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.01.001
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.001
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1984-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(88)80705-0
更新日期:1988-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.06.015
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.008
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00