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Acid reflux is a very common condition presenting to general practice and to surgeons. In this podcast Keaton Jones talks to Shaun Appleton, consultant Upper GI Surgeon about this condition and its management.
Definition, prevalence, risk factors, non-surgical treatment, tests, indications for surgery, various surgical procedures and their risks and effectiveness are all covered in this "all you need to know" podcast.
Keaton Jones is an Academic Clinical Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK and Shaun Appleton is a Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon at Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust, UK

 

Sumesh Arora goes through the key intensive care aspects of managing the patient who's just had an oesophagectomy.

These patients can test the best of us and when it all goes wrong it's not pretty. This is in the Pecha Kucha format so if your life only has a 6.40 hole, plug it!

This was recorded at the ICN night powered by PK last December.

Go to www.intensivecarenetwork.com for more.

This podcast covers oesophageal conditions and is the first part of three covering upper GI surgery.