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Endoscopic Management of Dysphagia

open access: yesThe Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021
Dysphagia is difficulty in swallowing that can be caused by a number of disorders that involve either the oropharynx or the esophagus. Specific endoscopic treatment for dysphagia depends on its etiology, whether the dysphagia is caused by mechanical ...
Min Ji Kim, Yang Won Min
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Assessment of Esophageal Motility Disorders in Patients with Refractory Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

open access: yesActa Medica Iranica, 2022
There is insufficient data about esophageal body dysmotility in patients with refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (RGERD) who have inadequate response to proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) treatment.
Asghar Bagherzadeh   +3 more
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Esophageal motility dysfunction and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Indian scenario

open access: yesJournal of Marine Medical Society, 2017
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder which affects multiple systems of the body including gastrointestinal (GI) system. A number of researchers have studied the effect of type 2 DM on esophageal motility function in western ...
Vivek Verma   +4 more
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Assessment of Esophageal High-Resolution Impedance Manometry in Patients with Nonobstructive Dysphagia

open access: yesGastroenterology Research and Practice, 2018
Background. High-resolution impedance manometry (HRIM) can calculate the bolus motion parameters and the ratio of complete esophageal transit besides the conventional esophageal dynamic parameters; therefore, we could better manage the patients with ...
Zhaoyu Liu   +5 more
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High-resolution esophageal manometry in systemic sclerosis in the indian population: An observational study

open access: yesIndian Journal of Rheumatology, 2020
Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare multisystemic autoimmune disorder in which the esophagus is the second most common organ to be affected after the skin, leading to dysmotility.
S Kartik   +5 more
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Ineffective esophageal motility: Concepts, future directions, and conclusions from the Stanford 2018 symposium

open access: yesNeurogastroenterology and Motility, 2019
Ineffective esophageal motility (IEM) is a heterogenous minor motility disorder diagnosed when ≥50% ineffective peristaltic sequences (distal contractile integral
C. Gyawali   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exercise-provoked esophageal motility disorder in patients with recurrent chest pain.

open access: yesWorld Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010
AIM To investigate the relationship between exercise-provoked esophageal motility disorders and the prognosis for patients with chest pain. METHODS The study involved 63 subjects with recurrent angina-like chest pain non-responsive to empirical therapy
J. Budzyński
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Esophageal Manometry with Provocative Testing in Patients with Noncardiac Angina-Like Chest Pain

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991
In a five year period 238 of 594 esophageal manometric studies performed in the authors’ laboratory were done on patients whose major reason for referral was noncardiac angina-like chest pain.
William G Paterson   +3 more
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Agreement between upper endoscopy and esophagography in the diagnosis of megaesophagus in Chagas disease

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2019
INTRODUCTION The diagnosis and classification of megaesophagus can be challenging in patients with Chagas disease. The present study aimed to evaluate the agreement between upper endoscopies and esophagographies for the diagnosis and classification of ...
Fernando de Barros   +9 more
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