Short and long term results of the laparoscopic Heller–Dor myotomy. The influence of age and previous conservative therapies [PDF]
, 2007 Analisi dei risultati della terapia chirurgica dell'acalasia esofagea con tecnica di Heller-Dor laparoscopica in pazienti anziani con e senza dilatazione pneumatica ...
DOMENICO FICO AND DOMENICO PELAGGI +5 more
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DEN Open, 2022 Objectives Lower esophageal sphincter (LES) plays a key role in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) pathogenesis. In retroflexion and under sufficient insufflation, it can be seen how the lower esophagus grasps the endoscope, which we named scope ...
Yusuke Fujiyoshi +13 more
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A pressão do esfíncter esofagiano superior varia durante a manometria esofágica [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND:The upper esophageal sphincter is composed of striated muscle. The stress of intubation and the need to inhibit dry swallows during an esophageal manometry test may lead to variations in basal pressure of this sphincter.
Herbella, Fernando A. M. +4 more
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Journal of Coloproctology, 2012 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical and manometric parameters of chronic anal fissure females undergoing lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS). METHODS: A total of eight women with chronic anal fissure who underwent LIS were included in this study.
Silvana Marques e Silva +5 more
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Pan-colonic pressurizations associated with relaxation of the anal sphincter in health and disease: a new colonic motor pattern identified using high-resolution manometry [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Only few studies have applied high-resolution manometry (HRM) to the study of colonic motility in adults and none of them have concurrently evaluated colonic and anal motor activity.
Corsetti, Maura +7 more
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Experience with Livaditis circular myotomy in management of long gap TEF
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2014 Background: Management of long gap oesophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula (OA TEF) is challenging. Various intra-operative and pre-operative manures have been described to tackle this challenge.
Amit Singh +3 more
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Effects of Laryngeal Restriction on Pharyngeal Peristalsis and Biomechanics: Clinical Implications [PDF]
, 2016 To date, rehabilitative exercises aimed at strengthening the pharyngeal muscles have not been developed due to the inability to successfully overload and fatigue these muscles during their contraction, a necessary requirement for strength training.
Balasubramanian, Gokulakrishnan +5 more
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Esophageal motility after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 2017 Eleni Sioka,1 George Tzovaras,1 Fotios Tsiopoulos,2 Dimitris Papamargaritis,1 Spyros Potamianos,2 Constantine Chatzitheofilou,1 Dimitris Zacharoulis1 1Department of Surgery, 2Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of ...
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Correlation of esophageal pressure-flow analysis findings with bolus transit patterns on videofluoroscopy [PDF]
, 2016 This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Diseases of the Esophagus following peer review. The version of record Omari TI, Szczesniak MM, Maclean J, Myers JC, Rommel N, Cock C and Cook IJ.
Cock, Charles +6 more
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Comparison of three with six regions of interest analyses in patients with idiopathic constipation undertaking colon transit scintigraphy using 67Ga-citrate [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVE AND INTRODUCTION: Preparation of data from 6 geometric regions of interest in the colon is time consuming, and can become impractical in the environment of busy Nuclear Medicine Departments.
Asli, I.N. +5 more
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