With the laparoscopic approach, in contrast, excellent exposure of the esophagogastric junction is easily achieved, and the myotomy can be extended onto the gastric wall for about 2 to 2.5 cm.

Apart from long-segment and short-segment BE, intestinal metaplasia may also occur at the esophagogastric junction and the gastric cardia. In a landmark study conducted by Spechler and colleagues ...