OESO Encyclopedia of Esophagology

 

… Through a series of currently triennial symposia, Robert Giuli and his organizing committee have brought together remarkable numbers of investigators and prominent clinicians who maintain a focus on the esophagus and its diseases.

Surgeons, gastroenterologists, physiologists, pharmacologists, and other relevant representatives have ll participated. To repeatedly organize and execute important organ-specific  congresses is a challenging task but possibly is not unique in the gastroenterological field.

To create a simple but effective format of questions and answers as the basic structure, a format that has survived virtually  unaltered for nearly two decades and five important meetings, is unique….

... Each question is answered as a referenced minireview, and the result is a commanding number of brief topics with timely, relevant commentary supported by figures and scientific literature…
 

… The reader soon encounters a topic of controversy that piques curiosity, stimulating the reader to explore the answer…

… This book (660pp) is a novel text covering topics in a comprehensive but unconventional way…

… I enjoyed the book immensely… The diversity of current opinions is difficult to find in other sources…

… Start anywhere and find how easily one is teased by the response to read just one more question…

… Studying the esophagus never was so interesting,

… and the esophago-gastric junction never seemed less mysterious or esoteric than it does when presented in this way.