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EFFICACY OF PNEUMATIC DILATATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF IDIOPATIC ACHALASIA: A SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE [PDF]

, 2015
Pneumatic dilatation (PD) and surgical miotomy (SM) are presentely the best treastments for untreated achalasia, with similar efficacy. There is no information on the relative efficacy of PD in younger compared to older patients.
Amvrosiadis, G, Ciofalo, M, D'Amico, G., Giunta, M, Linea, C, LO MONTE, Attilio Ignazio, Montalbano, LM, Morreale, GC, Raimondo, D, Rizzo, AG, SINAGRA, Emanuele, TOMASELLO, Giovanni   +11 more
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Post-Surgical Quality of Life, Psychological State and what Patients Think about the Effectiveness of Heller Myotomy in the Treatment of Achalasia

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2016
Introduction: The disruption of esophageal motility that characterizes achalasia typically provokes dysphagia, pain, loss of weight and malnutrition.
Telma Vale-Fonseca, Luis Ferreira-Pinto, Margarida Figueiredo-Braga, Silvestre Carneiro   +3 more
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The Efficacy of pneumatic balloon dilatation treatment on achalasia: Single center experience

Medicine Science, 2018
Achalasia is one of the most common motility disorders of esophagus characterized by deterioration of the lower esophageal sphincter due to loss of myenteric plexus.
Mehmet Ali Erdogan, Ali Riza Caliskan
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Ten Initial Cases of Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Treatment of Esophageal Motility Disorders at Okayama University Hospital [PDF]

, 2018
Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for treatment of esophageal motility disorders has recently been reported to be highly effective and less invasive than other treatment.
Harada, Keita, Hiraoka, Sakiko, Inokuchi, Toshihiro, Kato, Ryo, Okada, Hiroyuki, Sugihara, Yuusaku, Takahara, Masahiro, Takashima, Shiho, Takei, Daisuke, Yamasaki, Yasushi, Yamauchi, Kenji   +10 more
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Double-Scope Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for Esophageal Achalasia: The First Trial of a New Double-Scope POEM [PDF]

Clinical Endoscopy, 2016
With the accumulation of clinical trials demonstrating its efficacy and safety, peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has emerged as a less invasive treatment option for esophageal achalasia compared with laparoscopic Heller myotomy.
Hee Jin Hong, Ga Won Song, Weon Jin Ko, Won Hee Kim, Ki Baik Hahm, Sung Pyo Hong, Joo Young Cho   +6 more
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Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and robotic Heller myotomy: when is it indicated?

Mini-invasive Surgery, 2022
Achalasia is a primary motility disorder of unknown origin. Palliative treatment is often adopted to resolve its symptoms by eliminating the resistance due to a non-relaxing and hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter. There are three available effective treatment modalities: pneumatic dilation, laparoscopic Heller myotomy with fundoplication, and ...
Marco G. Patti, Francisco Schlottmann, Fernando A. M. Herbella   +2 more
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The treatment of achalasia patients with esophageal varices: an international study [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Treatment options for achalasia include endoscopic and surgical techniques that carry the risk of esophageal bleeding and perforation. The rare coexistence of esophageal varices has only been anecdotally described and treatment is presumed to
Bredenoord, Aj, Gyawali, Cp, Holloway, Rh, Magee, C, Pesce, M, Pioche, M, Quader, F, Roman, S, Sanagapalli, S, Sarnelli, G, Savarino, E, Sweis, R   +11 more
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Esophageal Achalasia: Predictive Value of Preoperative Resting Pressure of LES Correlated with Type of Fundoplication

Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2019
Objective: The aim of the present study is to show the predictive value of the preoperative resting pressure of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) correlated with the type of fundoplication (Nissen or Dor) after Heller myotomy in our series ...
Antonio Tancredi, Roberto Scaramuzzi, Antonello Cuttitta, Gerardo Scaramuzzi, Marco Taurchini   +4 more
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Anesthesia for Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) – not so poetic!

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2022
Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a promising natural orifice transluminal endoscopic procedure for the treatment of esophageal motility disorders, with similar effectiveness as of Heller myotomy.
Soumya Sarkar, Puneet Khanna, Deepak Gunjan   +2 more
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Robot-assisted Heller myotomy for achalasia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2019
Achalasia is a rare neuromuscular esophageal disorder in children. There are many surgical options to treatment including botulinum toxin (Botox) injections, oral pharmacologic therapies with nitrates and calcium channel blockers, pneumatic dilation (PD),
Giulia Fusi, Francesco Molinaro, Francesco Ferrara, Edoardo Bindi, Chiara Pellegrino, Chiara Calani, Mario Messina, Rossella Angotti   +7 more
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