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 ...

(a) Diagnosed with achalasia; (b) Underwent peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) surgery for achalasia; (c) Severe reflux symptoms 23 months later; (d) Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma located 25 ...

An esophageal stricture is a gradual narrowing of the esophagus, which can lead to swallowing difficulties. Healthcare providers diagnose it in about 10 percent of people with gastroesophageal reflux ...

Achalasia is primarily caused by the degeneration of the myenteric plexus in the esophageal wall, leading to impaired relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and loss of esophageal ...

CT and high-resolution manometry confirmed that the underlying abnormality was a massively dilated oesophagus with aperistalsis and pan-oesophageal pressurisation, consistent with a diagnosis of ...

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Dr C Gelbmann, Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany. BACKGROUND/AIMS Intestinal fibrosis and stricture formation is an unresolved problem in Crohn’s ...

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1 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA ...

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