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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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Comparison of Short Versus Long Esophageal Myotomy in Cases With Idiopathic Achalasia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 2020
Background/Aims Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is an established treatment for achalasia. The technique of POEM is still evolving and the impact of length of esophageal myotomy on the outcomes of POEM is not known.
Z. Nabi, M. Ramchandani, R. Chavan, S. Darisetty, R. Goud   +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 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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EFFICACY OF PNEUMATIC DILATATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF IDIOPATIC ACHALASIA: A SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE [PDF]

, 2015
Pneumatic dilatation (PD) and surgical miotomy (SM) are presentely the best treastments for untreated achalasia, with similar efficacy. There is no information on the relative efficacy of PD in younger compared to older patients.
Amvrosiadis, G, Ciofalo, M, D'Amico, G., Giunta, M, Linea, C, LO MONTE, Attilio Ignazio, Montalbano, LM, Morreale, GC, Raimondo, D, Rizzo, AG, SINAGRA, Emanuele, TOMASELLO, Giovanni   +11 more
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The 2018 ISDE achalasia guidelines.

Diseases of the esophagus, 2018
Achalasia is a relatively rare primary motor esophageal disorder, characterized by absence of relaxations of the lower esophageal sphincter and of peristalsis along the esophageal body.
G. Zaninotto, Cathy Bennett, G. Boeckxstaens, M. Costantini, M. Ferguson, J. Pandolfino, M. Patti, U. Ribeiro, J. Richter, L. Swanstrom, J. Tack, G. Triadafilopoulos, S. Markar, R. Salvador, L. Faccio, N. Andreollo, I. Cecconello, G. Costamagna, J. R. D. Rocha, Eric S. Hungness, P. Fisichella, K. Fuchs, I. Gockel, R. Gurski, C. Gyawali, F. Herbella, R. Holloway, M. Hongo, B. Jobe, P. Kahrilas, D. Katzka, K. Dua, D. Liu, A. Moonen, A. Nasi, P. Pasricha, R. Penagini, S. Perretta, R. Sallum, G. Sarnelli, E. Savarino, F. Schlottmann, D. Sifrim, N. Soper, R. Tatum, M. Vaezi, M. Herwaarden-Lindeboom, T. Vanuytsel, M. Vela, D. Watson, F. Zerbib, Stuart Gittens, C. Pontillo, S. Vermigli, D. Inama, D. Low   +55 more
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Esophageal Motility Patterns After Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy in Patients With Achalasia

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 2021
Background/Aims Several studies have reported partial recovery of peristalsis in patients with achalasia after myotomy. The aim of our study is to analyze esophageal motility patterns after peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) and to assess the potential ...
Z. Vackova, Jan Mareš, J. Krajciova, Z. Rábeková, Lucie Zdrhova, P. Loudova, J. Spicak, P. Štirand, T. Hucl, J. Martínek   +9 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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Nissen fundoplication for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease in patients with Chagas disease without achalasia [PDF]

, 2010
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) Department of SurgeryState University of São Paulo Department of Surgery and OrthopedicsCatholic University of Campinas Department of SurgeryHospital do Servidor Público ...
Aquino, Jose L. B., Del Grande, José Carlos, Farah, Jose Francisco Mattos, Henry, Maria A. C. A., Herbella, Fernando A. M., Pantanali, Carlos A.r.   +5 more
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Incidence, Morbidity, and Mortality of Achalasia: A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study in South Korea

Gut and Liver, 2023
Background/Aims: Although an association between achalasia and esophageal cancer has been reported, whether achalasia confers a substantial increase in mortality is unknown.
Ga Hee Kim, Hyungchul Park, Kee Wook Jung, Min-Ju Kim, Ye-Jee Kim, Ji Min Lee, Bong Eun Lee, Yang Won Min, Jeong Hwan Kim, Hee Kyong Na, Ji Yong Ahn, Jeong Hoon Lee, Do Hoon Kim, Kee Don Choi, Ho June Song, Gin Hyug Lee, Hwoon-Yong Jung, Hyun Jin Kim, Big Data Study Group Under the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility   +18 more
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