Esophageal Motility Disorders: Current Approach to Diagnostics and Therapeutics [PDF]
Gastroenterology, 2022 Dysphagia is a common symptom with significant impact on quality of life. Our diagnostic armamentarium was primarily limited to endoscopy and barium esophagram until the advent of manometric techniques in the 1970s, which provided the first reliable tool
Rena Yadlapati, Dhyanesh Patel
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Current Approach to Dysphagia: A Review Focusing on Esophageal Motility Disorders and Their Treatment [PDF]
GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2023 Background: Dysphagia is a prevalent condition which may severely impact the patient’s quality of life. However, there are still lacking standardized therapeutic options for esophageal motility disorders.
André Mascarenhas +6 more
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Usefulness of Endoscopy for the Detection and Diagnosis of Primary Esophageal Motility Disorders and Diseases Relating to Abnormal Esophageal Motility [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2023 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is performed to rule out organic diseases in the diagnosis of esophageal motility disorders (EMDs). Abnormal endoscopic findings can be observed during EGD, which indicate the presence of EMDs. Several endoscopic findings
Shiko Kuribayashi +2 more
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Primary Esophageal Motility Disorders: Beyond Achalasia [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2017 The best-defined primary esophageal motor disorder is achalasia. However, symptoms such as dysphagia, regurgitation and chest pain can be caused by other esophageal motility disorders.
Marco Patti, Francisco Schlottmann
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Assessment of esophageal motility disorders by real-time MRI [PDF]
European Journal of Radiology, 2020 PURPOSE To investigate imaging findings of esophageal motility disorders on dynamic real-time. MATERIAL AND METHODS 102 patients with GERD-like symptoms were included in this retrospective study between 2015-2018.
Ali Seif Amir Hosseini +2 more
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Esophageal Motility Disorders: Current Concepts of Pathogenesis and Treatment [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000 Current concepts of esophageal motility disorders are summarized. Primary data sources were located via MEDLINE or cross-citation. No attempt was made to be comprehensive or inclusive of the literature because fewer than 10% of citations are discussed ...
Peter J Kahrilas
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ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS ON HIGH RESOLUTION MANOMETRY: CHICAGO CLASSIFICATION VERSION 4.0© [PDF]
Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 2020 Chicago Classification v4.0 (CCv4.0) is the updated classification scheme for esophageal motility disorders using metrics from high‐resolution manometry (HRM). Fifty‐two diverse international experts separated into seven working subgroups utilized formal
Rena H. Yadlapati +51 more
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Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Esophageal Motility Disorders [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2020 Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is one of the most clinically successful tunnel-based minimally invasive endoscopic treatments. The classic indications of POEM include achalasia of all types, including failed prior treatments, and expanded indications ...
Jun Young Kim, Yang Won Min
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Comparison of Diagnosis of Esophageal Motility Disorders by Chicago Classification Versions 3.0 and 4.0. [PDF]
J Neurogastroenterol Motil, 2023 Background/Aims We aim to investigate the diagnostic accuracy and differences between Chicago classification version 3.0 (CC v3.0) and 4.0 (CC v4.0).
Noh JH +10 more
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Esophageal motility disorders in symptomatic patients and its relation to age. [PDF]
BMC Gastroenterol, 2023 Background Although swallowing disorders can impact individuals of any age, some are unique to the elderly, and others are frequent. Some disorders, such as achalasia, are diagnosed by esophageal manometry studies, which assess lower esophageal sphincter
Abdelghani A +4 more
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