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American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Primary achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder characterized by inadequate or absent lower esophageal sphincter (LES) relaxation and loss of normal esophageal peristalsis of the esophageal body. We present an unusual case of achalasia in the context of esophageal varices, creating a challenging therapeutic ...
Jason DuBroff +4 more
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INTRODUCTION: Primary achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder characterized by inadequate or absent lower esophageal sphincter (LES) relaxation and loss of normal esophageal peristalsis of the esophageal body. We present an unusual case of achalasia in the context of esophageal varices, creating a challenging therapeutic ...
Jason DuBroff +4 more
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Association of achalasia and eosinophilic esophagitis
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012Various esophageal motor disorders including achalasia have been sporadically reported in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). The aim of this study was to determine the association between achalasia and EoE and to review the treatment outcomes in patients having both conditions.
Anthony J. DiMarino +2 more
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Achalasia and Diffuse Esophageal Spasm
Archives of Internal Medicine, 1976Achalasia is a disorder of esophageal motility characterized clinically by progressive.dysphagia and regurgitation of previously ingested food. It is associated with distal obstruction to emptying in the absence of an identifiable organic lesion. This condition has been recognized since Thomas Willis orginally described the clinical features and ...
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Cardiomyotomy for Esophageal Achalasia
2009Over the past 2 decades laparoscopic cardiomyotomy combined with an anterior Dor fundoplication has emerged as the treatment of choice for esophageal achalasia. The chapter explains the procedure of laparoscopic cardiomyotomy along with laparoscopic Dor fundoplication and outlines the operation room setup, positioning of the patient, special ...
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Cardiomyotomy and fundoplication for esophageal achalasia
The Japanese Journal of Surgery, 1983To avoid gastroesophageal reflux which is reported to occur in about 4-25 per cent after Heller esophago-cardiomyotomy, a modified gastro-fundoplication was designed using a transabdominal approach. Forty patients with idiopathic esophageal achalasia were subjected to this surgery.
S. Ishioka, H. W. Pinotti, Paulo Sakai
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Esophageal achalasia secondary to mesothelioma
Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1989Achalasia secondary to malignancy is rare, with most cases associated with gastric adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction. This report describes the clinicopathologic features of a 64-year-old man found to have mesothelioma as the cause of secondary achalasia.
Stanley F. Kurtz +5 more
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Surgical Management of Esophageal Achalasia
Southern Medical Journal, 1985Between 1970 and 1983, 46 patients were hospitalized in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Metropolitan Nashville General Hospital for treatment of achalasia. All patients had been symptomatic for at least two years. Efforts were made initially to manage most of these patients (40) with periodic esophageal dilatation.
Joseph Delozier +3 more
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Esophageal Motor Disorders: Achalasia and Esophageal Spasm
Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2001PurposeTo define the esophageal motor disorders of achalasia and esophageal spasms and describe their presentation in the clinical setting.Data SourcesSelected research‐based articles, textbooks, and expert opinion. A case study is presented.ConclusionsThe presentation of esophageal motor disorders may not be clear, particularly when the presenting ...
Lorna Schumann, Susan Lee Strader
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Surgery for Esophageal Achalasia
Hospital Practice, 1973The hypomotility of the achalasic esophagus leads to obstruction at the cardia, with dilation above. Since there is no way of restoring normal peristalsis to the body of the esophagus, relief of the obstruction is most effectively obtained surgically—via an incision through the musculature of the narrowed portion.
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Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia
2013The last two decades have witnessed an extraordinary evolution in the treatment of esophageal achalasia. Nowadays, laparoscopic Heller myotomy with partial fundoplication is considered in most centers the standard of care, while pneumatic dilatation is mainly reserved for the management of patients unfit for surgery or in case of surgical failure ...
ALLAIX, Marco Ettore +2 more
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