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Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM): a comparative study between Chagasic and idiopathic achalasia

Endoscopy International Open, 2020
Background and study aims Achalasia can be classified as either primary (idiopathic) achalasia or secondary achalasia, which is a consequence of another systemic disease. Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is an effective and safe treatment for achalasia.
Galileu F.A. Farias, Diogo T.H. de Moura, Eduardo T.H. de Moura, Daniel T. de Rezende, Kelly E. Hathorn, Ary Nasi, Natália S.F. Queiroz, Eduardo G.H. de Moura   +7 more
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Evaluation and management of achalasia cardia in children: A retrospective observational study

Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2023
Background: Achalasia cardia is a neuromuscular disorder of unknown etiology characterized by aperistalsis of the body of the esophagus and failure of relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter.
Nitin Kumar, Bahubali Deepak Gadgade, Achyuth Ananth Shivapur, Veerabhadra Radhakrishna, Raghunath Bangalore Vasudev   +4 more
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Achalasia

Surgical Clinics of North America, 2005
Surgical therapy (Heller myotomy) is the most effective treatment to relieve dysphagia associated with achalasia. The advent of minimally invasive techniques, specifically the laparoscopic approach, significantly reduced the morbidity of surgical therapy, making it the procedure of choice for most patients who have achalasia.
Todd A, Woltman, Carlos A, Pellegrini, Brant K, Oelschlager   +2 more
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Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for treating esophageal motility disorders [PDF]

, 2017
Review Article on Endoscopic Therapy© Annals of Translational Medicine. All rights reserved. Pneumatic dilatation and Heller myotomy have been thoroughly studied as the most viable treatment options for achalasia.
Law, SYK, Wong, YHI
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Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy in Diffuse Thickened Esophageal Wall in an Adolescent

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2018
Achalasia is an extremely rare pathology in children. Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is the gold standard for the surgical treatment of achalasia in adults, but only a limited number of cases of achalasia treatment using POEM in children have been ...
Alexander A. Smirnov, Aleksandr N. Burakov, Aleksandr N. Shvetsov, Egor V. Blinov, Kirill D. Semenikhin, Nadezhda V. Konkina, Sergey Y. Dvoreckij   +6 more
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Achalasia - two types in the same patient: Case report [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2013
Introduction. A paper presented a case of esophageal achalasia with both type 2 and type 3 achalasia found in the same patient. Case Outline. High resolution impedance manometry of esophagus was performed.
Jovanović Igor D., Jovanović Dragana R., Uglješić Milenko, Milinić Nikola, Cvetković Mirjana, Branković Marija, Nikolić Goran   +6 more
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Mapping the experiences of people with achalasia from initial symptoms to long‐term management

Health Expectations, 2021
Background Achalasia is a rare motility disorder affecting the oesophagus, which is associated with a range of symptoms and different treatment strategies. Currently, little is known about people's experiences with achalasia and its management.
Melika Kalantari, Amelia Hollywood, Rosemary Lim, Majid Hashemi   +3 more
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Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia and Achalasia-Like Syndromes: Insights From HRM and FLIP

Gastro Hep Advances, 2023
High-resolution manometry, Chicago Classification v4.0, the functional lumen imaging probe, Panometry, and per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) are all now integral parts of the landscape for managing achalasia or, more precisely, achalasia-like syndromes.
Peter J. Kahrilas, Dustin A. Carlson, John E. Pandolfino   +2 more
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Esophageal achalasia in a two-year-old boy [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2020
Introduction. Esophageal achalasia is a neurodegenerative motility disorder, which is characterized by ineffective or absent esophageal peristalsis and the lack of hypertonic lower esophageal sphincter relaxation.
Savić Đorđe, Miličković Maja, Ilić Predrag, Vukadin Miroslav, Stojakov Dejan   +4 more
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Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction in Achalasia

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Background/Aims: Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder characterized by dysphagia and noncardiac chest pain. Impairment of vagal function has been reported in achalasia.
Min-Jae Kim, Eunha Cho, Zahid Hussain, Hyojin Park   +3 more
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