Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) can remove large esophageal lesions in one procedure, but epithelial loss creates an ulcer. Ulcer healing can cause esophageal scarring and stenosis, which ...

British scientists said on Monday they had launched a major clinical study to see whether a combination of aspirin and an anti-ulcer drug could prevent thousands of cases of cancer of the esophagus, ...

Ulcers, open sores anywhere on your skin or inside your body that won’t heal properly, are very common, but how much do you really know about them? According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

CHENNAI: Stomach ulcers also known as peptic ulcers are holes or erosions in the protective lining of the stomach, the esophagus or the duodenum. Gastric ulcers are those that form in the stomach and ...

SPONTANEOUS perforation of the aorta by a benign esophageal ulcer has not been reported. As a surgical complication such a perforation has been described in 3 cases. Merindino and Emerson 1 presented ...

One of the most common gastric afflictions in America is the stomach ulcer. Long thought to be caused by stress, alcoholism, spicy food or a combination of the three, understanding the real cause of ...

However, GERD is much more serious. It’s a chronic condition that typically includes symptoms like burning of the chest, ...