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Achalasia [PDF]

The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research, 2022
Achalasia is characterized by peristaltic failure and incomplete relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. The incidence and prevalence of achalasia increase with age, although achalasia can affect all age groups.
Kwangbeom Park, Kee Wook Jung
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Devices for esophageal function testing

VideoGIE, 2022
Background and Aims: Esophageal function testing is an integral component of the evaluation of refractory GERD and esophageal motility disorders. This review summarizes the current technologies available for esophageal function testing, including the ...
Rahul Pannala, MD, MPH, FASGE, Kumar Krishnan, MD, Rabindra R. Watson, MD, Marcelo F. Vela, MD, MS, Barham K. Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH, FASGE, Amit Bhatt, MD, Manoop S. Bhutani, MD, FASGE, Juan Carlos Bucobo, MD, FASGE, Vinay Chandrasekhara, MD, FASGE, Andrew P. Copland, MD, Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH, Nikhil A. Kumta, MD, MS, Ryan J. Law, DO, John T. Maple, DO, FASGE, Joshua Melson, MD, MPH, FASGE, Mansour A. Parsi, MD, MPH, MBA, FASGE, Erik F. Rahimi, MD, Monica Saumoy, MD, MS, Amrita Sethi, MD, MASGE, Guru Trikudanathan, MBBS, Arvind J. Trindade, MD, FASGE, Julie Yang, MD, FASGE, David R. Lichtenstein, MD, FASGE   +22 more
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Pharmacological Treatments of Esophageal Dysphagia

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021
Patients with esophageal dysphagia need a step-by-step approach for diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopic with biopsy and barium esophagogram are the essential tests evaluating anatomical abnormality and esophageal bolus stasis.
Yu Kyung Cho
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High-resolution manometry in the diagnosis of oesophageal motility disorders

Медицинский совет, 2018
Esophageal high-resolution manometry is a modern method of diagnosis performed worldwide as the gold standard for assessing esophageal motility. The Chicago classification is applied to interpret the manometric findings.
E. V. Barkalova, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, I. V. Maev   +2 more
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Esophageal Motility Disorders in patients with Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease diagnosed by using High Resolution Esophageal Manometry- data from the developing world

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) has a prevalence of 10-20% in the Western countries while its prevalence amongst the Pakistani population is between 22 to 24%.
Zain Majid , Syed Mudassir Laeeq , Muhammad Manzoor ul haq , Farina M Hanif , Shoaib Ahmed Khan , Abbas Ali Tasneem , Nasir Hassan Luck   +6 more
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Development and Application of a Functional Human Esophageal Mucosa Explant Platform to Eosinophilic Esophagitis. [PDF]

, 2019
There is an increasing prevalence of esophageal diseases but intact human tissue platforms to study esophageal function, disease mechanisms, and the interactions between cell types in situ are lacking.
Aceves, Seema S, Adejumobi, Dolapo, Akuthota, Praveen, Dohil, Ranjan, Duong, Loan D, Jones, Stacie M, Kurten, Richard C, Levy, Rebecca, Newbury, Robert O, Rawson, Renee, Rothenberg, Marc E, Shoda, Tetsuo, Wright, Benjamin L   +12 more
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The Role of Pepsinogenes and Some Intestinal Hormones in Pathogenesis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease [PDF]

, 2018
80 patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) were examined. The diagnosis of GERD was based on the history of the disease, complaints of patients, the results of daily monitoring of pH in the lower third of the esophagus, data of ...
Boichuk, V. (Vira)
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Nonesophageal Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders: Clinical Care and Future Directions [PDF]

, 2018
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders are a set of conditions with a wide range of clinical manifestations and treatment modalities. The disorders are suspected to result from an abnormal inflammatory response to allergen(s), and individuals may ...
Gupta, Sandeep K., Naramore, Sara
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Laparoscopic transhiatal surgery for an epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum derived from a jackhammer esophagus: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2020
Background An esophageal diverticulum is rare and is frequently associated with esophageal motility disorders. Jackhammer esophagus is also rare, is characterized by esophageal hypercontraction, and comprises 4.1% of esophageal motility disorders.
Atsuro Fujinaga, Tomotaka Shibata, Tsuyoshi Etoh, Kazuhiro Tada, Kosuke Suzuki, Kohei Nishiki, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Yohei Kono, Takahiro Hiratsuka, Tomonori Akagi, Yoshitake Ueda, Manabu Toujigamori, Hidefumi Shiroshita, Norio Shiraishi, Masafumi Inomata   +14 more
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Gigantic Stomach: A Rare Manifestation of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy [PDF]

, 2019
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by degeneration and atrophy of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles after a latent period of apparently normal development and function. The gastrointestinal manifestations start in the second decade of
Dhaliwal, Amaninder, Dhindsa, Banreet S., Hassen, Getaw W., Madiraju, Sarvani, Rochling, Fedja A.   +4 more
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