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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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Achalasia

The Lancet, 2014
Achalasia is a rare motility disorder of the oesophagus characterised by loss of enteric neurons leading to absence of peristalsis and impaired relaxation of the lower oesophageal sphincter. Although its cause remains largely unknown, ganglionitis resulting from an aberrant immune response triggered by a viral infection has been proposed to underlie ...
Guy E Boeckxstaens, Giovanni Zaninotto, Joel E Richter   +2 more
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Development and Validation of a National US Achalasia Cohort: The Veterans Affairs Achalasia Cohort (VA-AC) [PDF]

, 2023
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder associated with significant morbidity, yet achalasia-associated risk factors and outcomes are not well-characterized.
Ranier Bustamante, Rena Yadlapati, Low, Eric E, Gupta, Samir, Eric E. Low, Bustamante, Ranier, Lin Liu, Samir Gupta, Yadlapati, Rena, Liu, Lin   +9 more
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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 - 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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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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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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Achalasia subtypes.

, 2023
1A: achalasia type 1: absent peristalsis and failure to relax LES. 1B: achalasia type 2 with panesophageal pressurization and failure to relax LES.
Marinde van Lennep (17101981), Maartje J. Singendonk (17101987), Michiel P. van Wijk (17101993), Johanna H. van der Lee (17101984), Marc. A. Benninga (17101990), Albert J. Bredenoord (10579168), Paul Fockens (32705), Barbara A. Bastiaansen (9117897), Carlijn Mussies (17101978)   +8 more
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Cardiac achalasia in an infant [PDF]

Zagazig University Medical Journal
Cardiac achalasia is one of the rarest illnesses of the esophagus. adults are more prone to cardiac achalasia. Occasionally it may occur in adolescence and late childhood but it is very rare in infancy. Cardiac achalasia is a primary motility disorder of
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