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Diaphragmatic Hernia after Laparoscopic Esophagomyotomy for Esophageal Achalasia in Pregnancy
Background. The optimal treatment for management of esophageal achalasia in pregnancy is controversial. Little information exists about pregnancy outcome after successful myotomy. Case. Achalasia in pregnancy was diagnosed when a patient presented with pneumomediastinum from microrupture of the overdistended esophagus. An attempt at surgical correction failed due to the development of aspiratio...
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Longitudinal esophageal myotomy is effective in tions, each affording only short-term relief of dys relieving dysphagia in over 90% of patients with phagia. Becau se the child swims competitively , she achalasia (1-8) , but enthusiasm for this approach and the famil y were concerned about the effect s of has been limited because of the need for thoracot a posterolateral thoracotomy on her arm...
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A 75-year-old male, known to have achalasia, was admitted to the intensive care unit with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding and sepsis. He had a history of purulent pericarditis 18 months earlier. He also presented with atrial fibrillation associated with a cerebral transient ischemic accident two months earlier. A contrast computed tomography scan showed an atrio-esophageal fistula with ...
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To date very few studies with small sample size have compared peroral esophageal myotomy (POEM) with the current surgical standard of care, laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM), in terms of efficacy and safety, and no recommendations have been proposed.To investigate the efficacy and safety of POEM compared with LHM, for the treatment of achalasia.The databases of Pubmed, Medline, Cochrane, and Ov...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-196710000-00012