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Surgical treatment of Killian‐Jamieson diverticulum: A case report and literature review
Key Clinical Message This study describes a patient with symptomatic Killian‐Jamieson, a rare entity, successfully treated by cervical approach with diverticulum resection and esophagomyotomy.
Vagner Birk Jeismann +7 more
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Validation of the PILL-5: A 5-Item Patient Reported Outcome Measure for Pill Dysphagia. [PDF]
Objectives: Pill dysphagia is common and costly with a significant risk of pill retention, caustic injury, and poor medication compliance. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the validity and reliability of the PILL-5, a self-administered ...
Bayoumi, Ahmed +6 more
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Pressure-Flow Characteristics of Normal and Disordered Esophageal Motor Patterns [PDF]
Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Objective To perform pressure-flow analysis (PFA) in a cohort of pediatric
Benninga, Marc Alexander +9 more
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Esophageal motility in eosinophilic esophagitis
Background: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the esophagus and is a potential cause of dysphagia and food impaction, most commonly affecting young men. Esophageal manometry findings vary from normal motility
A.H. Weiss, N. Iorio, R. Schey
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How uncomplicated total thyroidectomy could aggravate the laryngopharyngeal reflux disease? [PDF]
Swallowing, voice disorders, throat discomfort and subjective neck discomfort are usually reported by patients with a known thyroid nodule and are correlated to nodular thyroid disease itself. Moreover, in endemic goitrous areas, total thyroidectomy (TT)
CUSIMANO, Alessia +2 more
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We performed 16S rDNA sequencing and metabolite profiling for three sympatric lizard species—Teratoscincus roborowskii, Phrynocephalus axillaris, and Eremias roborowskii—and compared their goblet cell and enzyme activities in the digestive tract. Our study suggests that the dietary niche may promote divergence or convergence of microbiota across host ...
Yi Yang, Ziyi Wang, Ruichen Wu
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We conducted a nationwide, multicenter cohort study using a target trial emulation framework to compare baclofen and acamprosate in patients with compensated alcohol‐associated cirrhosis. After matching, baclofen initiation was associated with a higher 1‐year risk of major adverse liver outcomes, driven primarily by hepatic encephalopathy, particularly
Yee Hui Yeo +13 more
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Objective Evaluate the utility of high‐resolution esophageal manometry (HREM) in patients with symptoms of oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) but unremarkable Modified Barium Swallow Studies (MBSS). Study Design Retrospective cohort study.
David Ahmadian +5 more
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An experimental method to identify neurogenic and myogenic active mechanical states of intestinal motility [PDF]
Excitatory and inhibitory enteric neural input to intestinal muscle acting on ongoing myogenic activity determines the rich repertoire of motor patterns involved in digestive function. The enteric neural activity cannot yet be established during movement
John eArkwright +7 more
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