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Robotic Heller-Dor myotomy: 10-year monocentric experience compared with POEM [PDF]
, 2020 Achalasia is a rare motility disorder caused by an incomplete relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter and loss of esophageal peristalsis. As a consequence, the bolus swallowing is hindered and the patients complain dysphagia, regurgitation, chest ...
Fellegara, Raffaele +7 more
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Thoracoscopic oesophagectomy for end-stage achalasia
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2018 Achalasia cardia is an oesophageal motility disorder characterised by aperistalsis and failure of relaxation of the lower oesophageal sphincter. The management is predominantly palliative with focus on addressing the sphincter that involves either ...
Vaibhav Kumar Varshney +4 more
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Achalasia : what to do in the face of failures of Heller myotomy [PDF]
, 2020 Achalasia is a primary motility disorder of the esophagus, and while there are several treatment options, there is no consensus regarding them. When therapeutic intervention for achalasia fails, a careful evaluation of the cause of the persistent or ...
Bonavina L. +3 more
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Achalasia: Dilation, Injection or Surgery?
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000 Achalasia results from irreversible alterations of the esophageal myenteric plexus. The target of treatment in this setting is to reduce lower esophageal sphincter resistance to passage of the bolus. Definitive treatment of the disease requires pneumatic
Alberto Peracchia, Luigi Bonavina
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Surgical management of achalasia
Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2020 Esophageal achalasia is a primary esophageal motility disorder characterized by lack of peristalsis and by incomplete or absent relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter in response to swallowing. The cause of the disease is unknown.
Kamil Nurczyk, Marco G. Patti
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Motor neuronopathy with dropped hands and downbeat nystagmus: A distinctive disorder? A case report [PDF]
, 2006 Background Eye movements are clinically normal in most patients with motor neuron disorders until late in the disease course. Rare patients are reported to show slow vertical saccades, impaired smooth pursuit, and gaze-evoked nystagmus.
Nimish J Thakore +23 more
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From the Chair: Overview [PDF]
, 2013 Honor Roll! Congratulations to the faculty, staff, residents and fellows here at Jefferson. We have achieved a distinction obtained by less than 0.5% of all American hospitals – this July we were notified that we have joined the U.S.News & World Report ...
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Neurogastroenterology &Motility, Volume 37, Issue 9, September 2025.Spastic and hypercontractile esophageal motor disorders can cause retrosternal pain and/or dysphagia but may be missed by short‐term high resolution manometry (HRM). 24‐h‐HRM detected considerable circadian variability of esophageal contractility and markedly increased the percentage of patients diagnosed with a major motor disorder.
Jutta Keller +6 more
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Third space endoscopy: Current evidence and future development
International Journal of Gastrointestinal Intervention, 2020 Therapeutic endoscopy has evolved tremendously over the past decades and the development of submucosal endoscopy opens the third space for treatment of gastrointestinal diseases.
Alex Qinyang Liu, Philip Wai Yan Chiu
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Peroral esophageal segmentectomy and anastomosis with single transthoracic trocar : a step forward in thoracic NOTES. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: A transesophageal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) approach has been proposed for thoracic and mediastinal access.
Branco, Carlos Filipe do Vale +5 more
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