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ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2022

The effect of age and sex on esophageal hiatal surface area among normal North American adults using multidetector computed tomography.

C Dass, G Dass, S Fisher, J Litvin

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Article in Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C DassDepartment of Radiology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
G DassDepartment of Radiology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
S FisherDepartment of Biomedical Education and Data Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
J LitvinDepartment of Biomedical Education and Data Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. judith.litvin@temple.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6679-215X
Temple University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The size of the esophageal hiatus is clinically important for preserving the integrity of the lower esophageal sphincter mechanism. The purpose of this study was to systematically establish the mean hiatal surface area (HSA) for normal North American adults under physiologic conditions and assess the relationship between sex and age on HSA. Multi-Detector Computer Tomogram (MDCT) images of the esophageal hiatus in 119 healthy adult subjects (61 males and 58 females with an age range of 24-88 years) were retrospectively analyzed using the multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) technique to directly measure their hiatal length (long axis), width (short axis) and surface area at end inspiration. The mean HSA for males was 2.88 cm

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Gastroesophageal RefluxHernia, HiatalAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultidetector Computed TomographyNorth AmericaRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultAge and HSAEsophageal hiatusHiatal surface areaMDCT imagesSex and HSA

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PMID35608656
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