ALLMedicine™ Achalasia Center

Jan 20th, 2021 - Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy (LHM) with partial anterior or posterior fundoplication is the standard surgical procedure for treating achalasia patients. The results reported are mainly based on symptomatic evaluations and have less than 5 years of ...

Jan 18th, 2021 - Achalasia is a rare motor disorder of the lower esophageal sphincter. Currently, both endoscopic and surgical techniques are used to treat achalasia. Herein, we detail our institutional experience of surgical re-intervention following the endoscop...

Jan 16th, 2021 - A 180° anterior (Dor) fundoplication is usually paired with an esophagogastric myotomy in the surgical treatment of achalasia. The traditional technique, however, is not easily reversible and the execution is variable. We present a simplified ''th...

Jan 10th, 2021 - Achalasia and esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) are idiopathic esophageal motility disorders characterized by impaired deglutitive relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). High-resolution manometry (HRM) provides inte...

Jan 5th, 2021 - POEM is a rescue endoscopic therapy for patients who had previously failed surgical or endoscopic treatment. However, data regarding its effectiveness after failed pneumatic dilation (PD) and its long-term effects are limited. We aimed to retrospe...

Aug 10th, 2020 - Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder characterized by aberrant peristalsis and insufficient relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. Patients most commonly present with dysphagia to solids and liquids, regurgitation, and occasional ch...

Dec 16th, 2019 - Achalasia is a primary esophageal motor disorder of unknown etiology characterized by degeneration of the myenteric plexus, which results in impaired relaxation of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ), along with the loss of organized peristalsis in...

Aug 31st, 2018 - Achalasia is a relatively rare primary motor esophageal disorder, characterized by absence of relaxations of the lower esophageal sphincter and of peristalsis along the esophageal body. As a result, patients typically present with dysphagia, regur.

Aug 31st, 2018 - Achalasia is a relatively rare primary motor esophageal disorder, characterized by absence of relaxations of the lower esophageal sphincter and of peristalsis along the esophageal body. As a result, patients typically present with dysphagia, regur...

Oct 10th, 2017 - The purpose of this review is to describe a place for per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) among the currently available robust treatments for achalasia. The recommendations outlined in this review are based on expert opinion and on relevant publica...

Jan 20th, 2021 - Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy (LHM) with partial anterior or posterior fundoplication is the standard surgical procedure for treating achalasia patients. The results reported are mainly based on symptomatic evaluations and have less than 5 years of ...

Jan 18th, 2021 - Achalasia is a rare motor disorder of the lower esophageal sphincter. Currently, both endoscopic and surgical techniques are used to treat achalasia. Herein, we detail our institutional experience of surgical re-intervention following the endoscop...

Jan 16th, 2021 - A 180° anterior (Dor) fundoplication is usually paired with an esophagogastric myotomy in the surgical treatment of achalasia. The traditional technique, however, is not easily reversible and the execution is variable. We present a simplified ''th...

Jan 10th, 2021 - Achalasia and esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) are idiopathic esophageal motility disorders characterized by impaired deglutitive relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). High-resolution manometry (HRM) provides inte...

Jan 5th, 2021 - POEM is a rescue endoscopic therapy for patients who had previously failed surgical or endoscopic treatment. However, data regarding its effectiveness after failed pneumatic dilation (PD) and its long-term effects are limited. We aimed to retrospe...

Oct 19th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has comparable efficacy to laparoscopic Heller's myotomy (LHM) for the treatment of achalasia, and was ranked first in a network meta-analysis of randomized, controlled comparative tri...

Oct 19th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has comparable efficacy to laparoscopic Heller's myotomy (LHM) for the treatment of achalasia, and was ranked first in a network meta-analysis of randomized, controlled comparative tri...

Jan 23rd, 2020 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello. I'm Dr David Johnson, professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. Achalasia is a diagnosis we all learned about during our medical...

Dec 2nd, 2019 - Esophageal manometry If endoscopic and esophageal biopsy results are inconclusive, a workup for an esophageal motility disorder is the next step. Dysphagia is the most common symptom of these disorders, although the initial presenting symptom may.

Oct 9th, 2019 - Despite theoretical preferences for either the anterior or the posterior approach to peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in patients with achalasia, a new study has found no significant difference between the two in regard to clinical success or saf.