(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 cm ...

Surgical treatment of achalasia has evolved over the last several years. Transthoracic or transabdominal Heller anterior myotomy provide excellent relief of dysphagia. However, it is associated with ...

Pneumatic dilation has been recommended as the preferred first-line therapy for type I and type II achalasia, especially in patients >45 years of age Heller myotomy is the treatment of choice for ...

An endoscope with a transparent cap enters through a 2 cm mucosal incision into the submucosal “third” space, approximately 5 cm proximal to the lower esophageal sphincter. Four distinct tissue layers ...

In this disease esophagus muscles do not squeeze and the sphincter muscle does not open, so food cannot pass through valve top on stomach. Achalasia is a disease where the function of the esophagus ...

This patient's symptoms may be due to improper evaluation before surgery (ie, wrong diagnosis) or to a failure of that surgery (ie, poor treatment). Therefore, this case raises 3 important questions: ...

Dysphagia: It can cause throat ache and problem in swallowing foodiStock Dysphagia is an issue caused when moving food or drink from your mouth to your stomach, requiring more time and effort.

Richard came to my clinic with a common complaint: difficulty swallowing food. At first, he had trouble only with large bites. But now, even small bites and drinks were causing him problems. The ...

Did you know that on an average, a human being swallows 600 times a day? Most of us would have occasionally had difficulty in swallowing or would have choked on food but for some people, it is a daily ...