This U.S. trend analysis of achalasia hospitalizations reports rising POEM adoption more comorbid patients and increasing ...
Use of per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for esophageal achalasia increased dramatically during the past decade, a retrospective study found, and while the procedure appears just as safe as ...
Dr. Strosberg discusses the safety profile and long-term toxicities of 212Pb-DOTAMTATE treatment, highlighting renal issues ...
Achalasia happens when the processes that move food to your stomach don’t work properly. For food and liquids to pass from your mouth to your stomach, two things need to happen after you swallow.
Achalasia is a rare but serious condition that affects your esophagus, the tube that carries food from your throat to your stomach. With achalasia, your lower esophageal sphincter (LES) fails to open ...
The risk for allergic disorders, especially eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), is significantly higher in people with achalasia, suggesting the need for an EoE evaluation before embarking on invasive ...
COOPERSBURG, PA. (WPVI) -- Most of us look forward to meals. Every year, thousands of people develop an unusual condition that can take the joy out of eating. For 30 years, Jack Svoboda had problems ...
Achalasia is the best understood example of an esophageal motility disorder and characterized by esophageal aperistalsis and impaired relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. The histopathology ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A very simple act that we do day in and day out to stay alive was literally choking one Northeast Philadelphia woman. But she says a procedure done at Temple Health changed her ...
Peroral endoscopic myotomy is highly safe and effective for at least 1 year for the treatment of achalasia and outperformed previous efficacy estimates, according to study results. Haruhiro Inoue, MD, ...
Achalasia cardia is a swallowing disorder that falls into an unusual category. It’s both very rare as well as one of the most common causes of motor-related swallowing difficulty. The condition only ...