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Treatment of esophageal achalasia in children: Today and tomorrow [PDF]

, 2015
Esophageal achalasia (EA) is a rare esophageal motility disorder in children. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) represents the treatment of choice in young patients. Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is becoming an alternative to LHM.
Caldaro, T, Contini, Ac, Costamagna, G., Cucchiara, Salvatore, Dall'Oglio, L, De Angelis, P, Familiari, P, Federici di Abriola, G, Gigante, G, Marchese, M, Romeo, Ef, Torroni, F   +11 more
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Achalasia

Gastroenterology & hepatology
Puri R, Tian C.
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Modeling of influential predictors of gastric cancer incidence rates in Golestan Province, North Iran [PDF]

, 2014
Golestan province has a reputation for relatively high incidence rates of gastric cancer in Iran. Along with dietary, lifestyle and environmental influential factors, soil selenium and high levels of pesticide used may exert influence in this region. The
Behnampour, N., Hajizadeh, E., Semnani, S., Zayeri, F.   +3 more
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Barrett’s Oesophagus in an Achalasia Patient: Immunological Analysis and Comparison with a Group of Achalasia Patients

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2016
The aim of the study was to characterize the presence of diverse CD4 and CD8 T cell subsets and regulatory cells in peripheral blood and lower oesophageal sphincter (LES) from a young patient with BE/achalasia without treatment versus achalasia group. In
Samuel Torres-Landa, Janette Furuzawa-Carballeda, Enrique Coss-Adame, Miguel A. Valdovinos, Edgar Alejandro-Medrano, Bárbara Ramos-Ávalos, Braulio Martínez-Benítez, Gonzalo Torres-Villalobos   +7 more
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Can intraoperative manometry influence the outcome of the surgical treatment of achalasia? [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction. Achalasia is defined as incomplete or even absent relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter secondary to the chronic degeneration of unspecified etiology of the myenteric nerve plexus. Material and method.
Alecu, Lucian, Ivascu, Robert, Mihaila, Daniela, Mirea, Liliana, Slavu, Iulian, Tulin, Adrian   +5 more
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Management of Achalasia: Expert Consensus Statements

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019
Achalasia is a motility disorder of the esophagus characterized by absence of peristalsis and failure of relaxation of lower esophagus sphincter. The introduction of high resolution manometry (HRM) and per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has made a new ...
A Reum Choe, Hye-Kyung Jung
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Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Esophageal Motility Disorders [PDF]

Clinical Endoscopy, 2020
Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is one of the most clinically successful tunnel-based minimally invasive endoscopic treatments. The classic indications of POEM include achalasia of all types, including failed prior treatments, and expanded indications ...
Jun Young Kim, Yang Won Min
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Socio-economic status and lifestyle factors are associated with achalasia risk: a population-based case-control study. [PDF]

, 2015
AIM: To evaluate the association between various lifestyle factors and achalasia risk. METHODS: A population-based case-control study was conducted in Northern Ireland, including n = 151 achalasia cases and n = 117 age- and sex-matched controls ...
Coleman, Helen G., Coyle, Peter V., Gray, Ronan T., Johnston, Brian T., Lau, Kar W., McCaughey, Conall, Murray, Liam J.   +6 more
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Megaesophagus in a Line of Transgenic Rats: A Model of Achalasia [PDF]

, 2014
Megaesophagus is defined as the abnormal enlargement or dilatation of the esophagus, characterized by a lack of normal contraction of the esophageal walls.
Borjeson, Tiffany M., Carr, Candice A., Cristofaro, V., Ducore, Rebecca M., Feng, Yan, Fox, James G, Lindstrom, J. M., Luo, J., Muthupalani, Sureshkumar, Pang, Jassia, Sullivan, M. P.   +10 more
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Gender effect on clinical features of achalasia: a prospective study [PDF]

, 2006
Background Achalasia is a well-characterized esophageal motor disorder but the rarity of the disease limits performing large studies on its demographic and clinical features.
Javad Mikaeli, Farnoosh Farrokhi, Faraz Bishehsari, Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, Reza Malekzadeh, DN Clouse R, S Cohen, G Vantrappen, S Birgisson, PJ Howard, M Papo, MF Vaezi, SJ Spechler, RO Dantas, J Mikaeli, M Yaghoobi, V Annese, RE Clouse, L d'Alteroche, S Rakita, VF Eckardt, S Philpott, AM Unruh, DB Simmons, AC Ribeiro, IR Lai, HS Shabsin, RE Clouse   +27 more
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