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A functional study of the esophagus in patients with non-cardiac chest pain and dysphagia [PDF]

, 2015
Background/Aims: Nutcracker esophagus and non-specific motility disorders are the main causes of non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP), with gastroesophageal reflux in 60% of cases. Achalasia and diffuse esophageal spasm are the most frequent anomalies described
ALMASIO, Pier Luigi, BONVENTRE, Sebastiano, DI GIOVANNI, Silvia, DI PAOLA, Valentina, GULLO, Roberto, GULOTTA, Gaspare, INVIATI, Angela, Scerrino, G.   +7 more
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INFLUENCE OF ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY IMPAIRMENT ON UPPER AND LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER PRESSURE IN CHAGAS DISEASE [PDF]

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
Background: Chagas disease causes digestive anatomic and functional changes, including the loss of the myenteric plexus and abnormal esophageal radiologic and manometric findings.
Roberto Oliveira DANTAS
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Esophageal Motility and Rikkunshito Treatment for Proton Pump Inhibitor-Refractory Nonerosive Reflux Disease: A Prospective, Uncontrolled, Open-Label Pilot Study Trial

Current Therapeutic Research, 2017
Background: Only a few reports focused on esophageal motility in patients with proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-refractory nonerosive reflux disease (NERD) and there has been no established strategy for treatment.
Takeo Odaka, MD, PhD, Shigeru Yamato, MD, PhD, Osamu Yokosuka, MD, PhD   +2 more
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Treatment of esophageal achalasia in children: Today and tomorrow [PDF]

, 2015
Esophageal achalasia (EA) is a rare esophageal motility disorder in children. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) represents the treatment of choice in young patients. Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is becoming an alternative to LHM.
Caldaro, T, Contini, Ac, Costamagna, G., Cucchiara, Salvatore, Dall'Oglio, L, De Angelis, P, Familiari, P, Federici di Abriola, G, Gigante, G, Marchese, M, Romeo, Ef, Torroni, F   +11 more
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Successful Management of Esophageal Perforation with Self-Expandable Metal Stent following Pneumatic Dilation for Achalasia Cardia

Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2019
Achalasia cardia is the most common cause of motor dysphagia. Pneumatic dilation (PD) of lower esophageal sphincter remains the cornerstone of treatment. However, it is associated with esophageal perforation in some cases. We present a case of esophageal
Abhai Verma, Samir Mohindra, Vivek Anand Saraswat, Uday Chand Ghoshal   +3 more
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Can intraoperative manometry influence the outcome of the surgical treatment of achalasia? [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction. Achalasia is defined as incomplete or even absent relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter secondary to the chronic degeneration of unspecified etiology of the myenteric nerve plexus. Material and method.
Alecu, Lucian, Ivascu, Robert, Mihaila, Daniela, Mirea, Liliana, Slavu, Iulian, Tulin, Adrian   +5 more
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Three-Dimensional Myoarchitecture of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter and Esophageal Hiatus Using Optical Sectioning Microscopy. [PDF]

, 2017
Studies to date have failed to reveal the anatomical counterpart of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). We assessed the LES and esophageal hiatus morphology using a block containing the human LES and crural diaphragm, serially sectioned at 50 μm ...
Cheng, Leo K, Kumar, Dushyant, Mittal, Ravinder K, Zifan, Ali   +3 more
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Morphology of the Esophageal Hiatus: Is It Different in 3 Types of Hiatus Hernias? [PDF]

, 2020
Background/aimsThe esophageal hiatus is formed by the right crus of the diaphragm in the majority of subjects. Contraction of the hiatus exerts a sphincter-like action on the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). The aim is to study the hiatal anatomy (using
Ghahremani, Gary, Horgan, Santiago, Kumar, Dushyant, Kunkel, David C, Mittal, Ravinder K, Zifan, Ali   +5 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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Multiple huge epiphrenic esophageal diverticula with motility disease treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic and hand-assisted laparoscopic esophagectomy: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2017
Background Epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum is a rare condition that is often associated with a concomitant esophageal motor disorder. Some patients have the chief complaints of swallowing difficulty and gastroesophageal reflux; traditionally, such ...
Yoshiki Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Shigeyoshi Higashi, Koji Tanaka, Yasuhiro Miyazaki, Tomoki Makino, Yukinori Kurokawa, Makoto Yamasaki, Shuji Takiguchi, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki   +11 more
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