Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Oesophageal Diseases

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for oesophageal diseases.

Reviewed September 2008

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17 Resources Found
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Title:   Non-surgical interventions for eosinophilic oesophagitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with eosinophilic oesophagitis (EO) present with difficulty swallowing, vomiting, regurgitation, and chest and/or abdominal pain. Frequently, symptoms do not resolve with acid suppressive treatment or anti-reflux surgery. The cause of EO is unkno...
Date:   Apr 2004
Title:   Somatostatin analogues for acute bleeding oesophageal varices
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cirrhosis of the liver is a chronic, progressing disease that is most commonly caused by excessive use of alcohol or by hepatitis C infection. The liver tissue is replaced by connective tissue, which leads to loss of liver function. People with cirrhosi...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Short-term treatment with proton pump inhibitors, H2-receptor antagonists and prokinetics for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease-like symptoms and endoscopy negative reflux disease.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with only mild or intermittent heartburn may have adequate relief with lifestyle modifications and antacids, although other options are available. The two most commonly used drugs for treatment of heartburn are H2-receptor antagonists (H2RAs) a...
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Gastro-oesophageal reflux treatment for asthma in adults and children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with asthma also often have gastro-oesophageal reflux (where acid from the stomach comes back up the gullet (esophagus)). Reflux is very common in people with asthma. It may be a trigger for asthma, or alternatively, asthma may trigger reflux. Tr...
Date:   Sep 2002
Title:   Cisapride treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Not enough evidence to show whether cisapride helps gastro-intestinal reflux in babies
Title:   Nitrates for achalasia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Achalasia is a condition where the lower part of the oesophagus leading to the stomach is unable to relax normally after swallowing. Food may become stuck there rather than going through into the stomach. The cause of achalasia is not known. Nitrates ar...
Date:   Sep 2003
Title:   Feed thickener for newborn infants with gastro-oesophageal reflux
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many newborn babies (in the first four weeks of life) suffer from gastro-oesophageal reflux, especially if they are born premature. Thickening the milk feed is a simple manoeuvre and commonly used as first line treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux. ...
Date:   Mar 2002
Title:   Non-pharmacological therapies for dysphagia in Parkinson's disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review compared the benefits of swallowing therapy versus placebo (sham therapy) or no therapy for swallowing disorders in Parkinson's disease. Relevant trials were identified by electronic searches of 21 medical literature databases, various regis...
Date:   Nov 2000
Title:   Preoperative radiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   If the tumour has not spread, surgery is usually the standard treatment for cancer of the esophagus (the tube between the throat and stomach). Surgery to remove the cancer can help people to live longer, but the prognosis is still very poor. Trials have...
Date:   Jul 2005
Title:   Interventions for dysphagia in acute stroke
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Difficulties in swallowing occur in up to half of people experiencing a non-fatal stroke. Although some spontaneously recover this function in the first two weeks, many continue to have problems that interfere with physical function, nutrition, recovery...
Date:   Jun 1999
Title:   Metoclopramide, thickened feedings, and positioning for gastro-oesophageal reflux in children under two years
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Gastro-esophageal reflux (GER), regurgitation if it reaches the mouth, is a condition which frustrates many parents, and to which there are a variety of treatments. This review found in developmentally normal children aged one month to two years that th...
Date:   Mar 2004
Title:   Medicinal herbs for esophageal cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chinese herbal medicines are widely used as adjunct therapy to chemo- or radiotherapy in patients being treated for cancer of the esophagus. As yet there is no clear evidence that herbal medicines are effective or not in this role.
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy (without surgery) compared with radiotherapy alone in localized carcinoma of the esophagus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cancer of the esophagus (gullet) is a life threatening cancer with relatively few symptoms until it becomes advanced. People with esophageal cancer have a low survival rate. The cancer quickly spreads and does not always show symptoms at the original si...
Date:   Oct 2005
Title:   Terlipressin for acute esophageal variceal hemorrhage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Esophageal varices are abnormal dilatations of veins in the lower part of the swallowing tube (esophagus) that may develop in patients with chronic liver damage (cirrhosis). Bleeding from these varices is a life threatening complication with mortality b...
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   Preoperative chemotherapy for resectable thoracic esophageal cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cancer of the esophagus (gullet) is often not discovered until it is in quite an advanced state. This means that even removing the tumour by surgery is not very successful and many people die within five years. Chemotherapy (cancer fighting drugs such a...
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Acupuncture for dysphagia in acute stroke
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Better designed clinical trials are needed to prove whether acupuncture is effective for treating swallowing difficulties in patients with stroke. Patients who have swallowing difficulties (dysphagia) as a result of their stroke are less likely to survi...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Fundoplication versus post-operative medication for gastro-oesophageal reflux in children with neurological impairment undergoing gastrostomy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Children with cerebral palsy often have oral motor impairment and need help with eating and drinking. Frequently this entails surgery to place a feeding tube (gastrostomy) directly into their stomach. They may also be found to have gastro-oesophageal re...
Date:   Nov 2006
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