Esophageal Achalasia: Pros and Cons of the Treatment Options

Achalasia is a primary esophageal motility disorder of unknown origin. The goal of treatment is to reduce the resistance caused by a lower esophageal sphincter that fails to relax and is frequently hypertensive. Many treatment options are available to achieve this goal. In this review, we discuss th...

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Autores principales: Costantini, Mario, Salvador, Renato, Costantini, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Surgical Symposium Contribution
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9174302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35238987
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-022-06495-z
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description Achalasia is a primary esophageal motility disorder of unknown origin. The goal of treatment is to reduce the resistance caused by a lower esophageal sphincter that fails to relax and is frequently hypertensive. Many treatment options are available to achieve this goal. In this review, we discuss the pros and cons of each therapeutic approach.
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spelling pubmed-91743022022-06-09 Esophageal Achalasia: Pros and Cons of the Treatment Options Costantini, Mario Salvador, Renato Costantini, Andrea World J Surg Surgical Symposium Contribution Achalasia is a primary esophageal motility disorder of unknown origin. The goal of treatment is to reduce the resistance caused by a lower esophageal sphincter that fails to relax and is frequently hypertensive. Many treatment options are available to achieve this goal. In this review, we discuss the pros and cons of each therapeutic approach. Springer International Publishing 2022-03-03 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9174302/ /pubmed/35238987 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-022-06495-z Text en © The Author(s) 2022, corrected publication 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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