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Achalasia of the oesophagus: Treatment with pneumatic dilatation
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1990Abstract A series of 51 patients with achalasia of the oesophagus treated by pneumatic dilatation between 1980 and 1988 is reported. Treatment was assessed as effective (no or minimal dysphagia) in 78% of patients, followed for a mean of 30 months.
E J, Prewett, P V, Desmond, K J, Breen
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Massively Dilated Esophagus in Achalasia: Response To Pneumatic Balloon Dilation
American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1999Pneumatic balloon dilation is considered by many to be the treatment of choice for achalasia of the esophagus. Patients with untreated, long standing achalasia may develop massively dilated esophagi, sometimes difficult to dilate with a pneumatic balloon and, rarely, may require esophagectomy.
A A, Khan +5 more
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Pneumatic Dilatation for Achalasia after Fundoplication
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 1989Dysphagia invariably worsens when an antireflux procedure without myotomy is performed in achalasia for a mistaken diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease. There is little in the medical literature, however, to guide its optimal management. I describe two patients in whom pneumatic dilatation provided symptomatic improvement.
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Pneumatic dilatation in achalasia.
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, 1989Pneumatic dilatation of achalasia cardia was performed on 22 patients using Rider-Moeller bag under fluoroscopic control-during a three year period. The diagnosis was established at barium study and endoscopy. A total of 28 dilatations were performed on 22 patients.
R, Kochhar +3 more
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An end point for pneumatic dilation of achalasia
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 1975The use of graded pressures and balloon size is an accepted method in the treatment of achalasia by pneumatic dilation. An end point, indicating sufficient dilation of the cardioesophageal junction, was easily noted by using the height of the barium column 5 minutes after ingesting 8 ounces of barium.
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Pneumatic Dilatation for the Treatment of Achalasia
Digestive Endoscopy, 1993Abstract: A peristalsis of the esophageal body and absent or incomplete lower esophageal sphincter (LES) relaxation on swallowing are the functional hallmarks of achalasia. Its pathogenesis involves loss of intramural neurons, a process that subsequently results in poor LES relaxation and dilatation of the esophageal body.
Masami YAMADA, Eizo KANEKO
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Pneumatic Dilation for Esophageal Achalasia
2019Current American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) guidelines consider pneumatic dilation (PD) the most effective nonsurgical treatment of achalasia. The aim of PD is to disrupt the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) by its forceful stretching using air-filled balloons. Currently PD is performed as an outpatient procedure in an ambulatory surgical center
Wojciech Blonski, Joel E. Richter
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Cervical canal dilatation with pneumatic dilator
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2000S. Arsenijevic +6 more
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Pneumatic Dilation for Achalasia
American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2004openaire +2 more sources