Selected Summary

Acid in Pocket: A Toxic Currency

Comment

These findings provide further credence to the concept of the acid pocket (Gut 2008;57:285–286) and nicely delineate the relationships between this acid pocket, larger hiatal hernias, and acid reflux after meal ingestion. Despite the high frequency of its resultant symptomatology worldwide, its association with some potentially fatal consequences, such as adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, and the relative accessibility of the affected organ, the esophagus, GERD has been reluctant to reveal the