metaplasia
These results can be summarized as follows: (1)       Barrett's metaplasia was present in 13% of patients with GERD being evaluated at        a busy diagnostic center; (2) laparoscopic fundoplication was highly successful       in controlling symptoms of GERD in patients with Barrett's metaplasia; (3) in       patients with high-grade dysplasia esophagectomy was performed safely (invasive       cancer had eluded preoperative endoscopic biopsies in one third of these       patients); and (4) even though periodic endoscopic examination of Barrett's       disease is universally recommended, this was actually done in fewer than two       thirds of patients being managed by a large number of independent physicians in       this geographic area.
These results can be summarized as follows: (1)       Barrett's metaplasia was present in 13% of patients with GERD being evaluated at        a busy diagnostic center; (2) laparoscopic fundoplication was highly successful       in controlling symptoms of GERD in  @OBJECT$   @PREDICAT$  Barrett's  @SUBJECT$ ; (3) in       patients with high-grade dysplasia esophagectomy was performed safely (invasive       cancer had eluded preoperative endoscopic biopsies in one third of these       patients); and (4) even though periodic endoscopic examination of Barrett's       disease is universally recommended, this was actually done in fewer than two       thirds of patients being managed by a large number of independent physicians in       this geographic area.