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Journal Articles
Subject Area:
Gastroenterology
Journal:
Digestion
Digestion (2017) 95 (1): 29–35.
Published Online: 05 January 2017
...Eikichi Ihara; Kazumasa Muta; Keita Fukaura; Kazuhiko Nakamura Background: Based on Chicago Classification version 3.0, the disorders of esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) include achalasia (types I, II and III) and EGJOO. Although no curative treatments are currently available...
Journal Articles
Subject Area:
Gastroenterology
Journal:
Digestion
Digestion (2013) 88 (4): 209–216.
Published Online: 05 November 2013
...Lijuan Qian; Bin Wang; Kebei Li; Lianzhen Yu; Jing Ding; Hongjie Zhang; Xiafen Ding; Ruihua Shi Aims: To compare the efficacy and safety of pneumatic dilation with stenting for the treatment of achalasia. Methods: Achalasia patients treated with pneumatic dilation or stenting were included...
Journal Articles
Subject Area:
Gastroenterology
Journal:
Digestion
Digestion (1997) 58 (6): 596–598.
Published Online: 05 February 2009
... permits gastric emptying. When the relaxatory response of these sphincters is impaired, luminal transit is altered, as occurs in achalasia and hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Nitric oxide (NO) has been identified as the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in both sphincteric regions. Moreover, the absence...
Journal Articles
Subject Area:
Gastroenterology
Journal:
Digestion
Digestion (1988) 40 (4): 244–250.
Published Online: 30 January 2009
...C.S. Robertson; I.W. Fellows; J.F. Mayberry; M. Atkinson Over an 11-year period 132 patients with achalasia underwent a total of 253 pneumatic bag dilatations of the cardia as the initial treatment. Adequate symptomatic relief was obtained in the majority, but 16 needed cardiomyotomy after...
Journal Articles
Subject Area:
Gastroenterology
Søren Aggestrup, Piers Emson, Rolf Uddman, Frank Sundler, Steen Landkœr Jensen, Hans Rahbek Sørensen
Journal:
Digestion
Digestion (1987) 36 (2): 68–73.
Published Online: 29 January 2009
... individuals and patients suffering from achalasia or hiatus hernia with severe gastroesophageal reflux were examined. NPY fibers were found within and around smooth-muscle bundles of the longitudinal and the circular muscle layers and within the myenteric ganglia. Smooth-muscle specimens from patients...
Journal Articles
Subject Area:
Gastroenterology
Journal:
Digestion
Digestion (1981) 21 (1): 50–56.
Published Online: 27 January 2009
...J.N. Blackwell; S. Holt; R.C. Heading Manometric studies have been performed to determine the effect of nifedipine on lower oesophageal sphincter (LOS) pressure and distal oesophageal motility in healthy subjects, in patients with diffuse oesophageal spasm, and in a patient with achalasia...
Journal Articles
Subject Area:
Gastroenterology
Journal:
Digestion
Digestion (1980) 20 (4): 248–252.
Published Online: 27 January 2009
...J.F. Mayberry; J. Rhodes A retrospective study of 48 patients, living in the City of Cardiff, diagnosed as having achalasia between 1926 and 1977, was undertaken. The incidence of achalasia was 0.4/10 5 /year. One previous study in Rochester, Minn., of 11 patients had a comparable incidence of 0.6...
Journal Articles
Subject Area:
Gastroenterology
Journal:
Digestion
Digestion (1974) 11 (1-2): 128–134.
Published Online: 23 January 2009
...Attila Csendes; Tomas Strauszer Twelve consecutive patients with achalasia of the esophagus were submitted to forceful pneumatic dilatation A significant decrease in resting gastroesophageal sphincter pressure was obtained immediately after this therapy (p < 0.001). Two cases failed later...
Journal Articles
Subject Area:
Gastroenterology
Journal:
Digestion
Digestion (1975) 13 (1-2): 1–7.
Published Online: 23 January 2009
... Sphincter Pressure in Diffuse Esophageal Spasm V.F. Eckardt and K.H. Holtermüller Department of Medicine (I), University of Mainz, Mainz Key Words. Achalasia Esophageal spasm Gastrin Gastrointestinal motility Lower esophageal sphincter Manometry Abstract. The purpose of this study was to evaluate...
Journal Articles
Subject Area:
Gastroenterology
Journal:
Digestion
Digestion (1975) 13 (1-2): 27–32.
Published Online: 23 January 2009
...A. Csendes; A. Larrain; R. Strauszer; M. Ayala Twenty adult patients with achalasia of the esophagus were treated with an anterior esophagomyotomy and fundic patch. A significant decrease in resting gastroesophageal sphincter pressure was obtained immediately after surgery (p < 0.001). One case...
Journal Articles
Subject Area:
Gastroenterology
Journal:
Digestion
Digestion (1999) 60 (1): 11–16.
Published Online: 18 January 1999
...M. Bortolotti Background: The rationale for medical therapy of initial achalasia and the results obtained over the last 20 years in our laboratory are presented. Methods: Achalasic patients were selected as candidates for medical therapy on the basis of the presence of a slight esophageal dilation...