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Five Advances for Benign Foregut Surgery in the Last 50 Years

World Journal of Surgery, Volume 50, Issue 8, Page 2077-2080, August 2026.
David I. Watson, Sarah K. Thompson, John G. Hunter, B. Mark Smithers   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Familial achalasia, a case report [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Although achalasia is a relatively rare disease in pediatric age group, it must be considered for differential diagnosis of esophageal disorders in children with positive family history even in the absence of typical clinical manifestations ...
Eftekhari, Kambiz, Modaresi, Vajiheh, Motamed, Farzaneh   +2 more
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Achalasia: A Review of Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment

The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2016
Achalasia was a condition marked by peristaltic movement absent in lower esophageal sphincter and segment that hypertonic result in imperfect relaxation during food ingestion. Achalasia incidence did not differ between men and women, account for 1 in 100.
Nor Hedayanti, Supriono
doaj  

A Case of Type II Achalasia Occurring in a Nonagenarian Diagnosed with Acute Food Impaction

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder characterized by loss of esophageal peristalsis and impaired relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. Patients with achalasia often complain of persistent symptoms for several years before diagnosis.
Seong Hyun Koh, Moo In Park, Woo Hyuk Jung, Kyoungwon Jung, Sung Eun Kim, Won Moon, Seun Ja Park   +6 more
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ASGE guideline on the management of achalasia.

, 2020
Achalasia is a primary esophageal motor disorder of unknown etiology characterized by degeneration of the myenteric plexus, which results in impaired relaxation of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ), along with the loss of organized peristalsis in the ...
Gurudu, Suryakanth R, Law, Joanna K, Jue, Terry L, Qumseya, Bashar J, Yang, Julie, Buxbaum, James L, Sawhney, Mandeep S, Khashab, Mouen A, Agrawal, Deepak, Lee, Jeffrey K, Abbas Fehmi, Syed M, Kannadath, Bijun Sai, Thosani, Nirav, Fishman, Douglas S, Jamil, Laith H, Vela, Marcelo F, Wani, Sachin, Naveed, Mariam   +17 more
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Cricopharyngeal achalasia in connection with autoimmune disorders in a pre-adolescent patient: a case report

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2017
Cricopharyngeal achalasia is an uncommon cause of dysphagia, especially in children. Congenital form is known in neonates and infants. In older children this disease has been reported in very rare cases and mostly in connection with neurological and ...
Urška Vučina, Primož Kotnik, Rok Orel
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Geriatrics' Achalasia

Lower esophageal sphincter failure, which results in dysphagia and regurgitation of food, is a hallmark of achalasia, a rare esophageal motility condition.
Hendrajani, Widijati, Amelyna, Erlyn Farkhah, Mujahidah, Luai Al, Kadarullah, Oke, Oviyanti, Pradana Nur   +4 more
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Comparison between achalasia (left) and non-achalasia (right) patients using indigocarmine and NBI.

, 2015
Comparison between achalasia (left) and non-achalasia (right) patients using indigocarmine and NBI.
Yasutoshi Kobayashi (690898), Hitomi Minami (497148), Naoyuki Yamaguchi (515824), Kazuhiko Nakao (497155), Hajime Isomoto (497145), Shigetoshi Urabe (690899), Haruhiro Inoue (515825), Ken Ohnita (497152), Fuminao Takeshima (497153), Satoshi Miuma (117853), Yuko Akazawa (497144), Kayoko Matsushima (497146)   +11 more
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Achalasia: Diagnosis and Management

Achalasia is an incurable condition of the esophagus involving the inflammation and degeneration of inhibitory neurons of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) resulting in failure of the LES to relax.
Romanelli, John, MD, Provenza, Christina, MD   +1 more
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Diagnostics and Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia (Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association, Russian Scientific Medical Society of Internal Medicine, Russian Society for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, REndO Endoscopic Society)

Российский журнал гастроэнтерологии, гепатологии, колопроктологии
Aim: to familiarize gastroenterologists, therapists, functional diagnostics and general practitioners (family doctors), radiologists, and endoscopists with modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of achalasia of the cardia.Key points.
V. T. Ivashkin, A. S. Trukhmanov, I. V. Maev, O. M. Drapkina, A. I. Martynov, O. A. Storonova, E. A. Godgello, M. P. Korolev, T. L. Lapina, P. V. Pavlov, A. V. Paraskevova, I. A. Tarasova, E. D. Fedorov, A. T. Tskhovrebov, M. P. Shapka, A. L. Shestakov, A. V. Yurasov   +16 more
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