Achalasia is a primary motor disorder of the esophagus characterized by insufficient lower
esophageal sphincter relaxation and loss of esophageal peristalsis. This results in patients' …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Patients with achalasia are treated with either pneumatic dilation
(PD) or laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM), which have comparable rates of success. We …

Background & Aims The aim of this study was to assess whether measurements of
esophageal distensibility, made by high-resolution impedance planimetry, correlated with …

The goal of any diagnostic scheme is to objectively classify patients with similar symptoms
into appropriate clinical categories that ultimately direct specific therapies. Classification …

Background Pneumatic dilation (PD) and laparoscopic Heller's myotomy (LHM) are the
mainstays of therapy in idiopathic achalasia. Equipoise exists in choosing the first-line …

Importance Although successful treatment of achalasia depends on alleviating the
obstruction at the esophagogastric junction, the postintervention contractile and …

Methods Fifty-five patients diagnosed with achalasia based on conventional or high-
resolution esophageal manometry were consecutively enrolled. Their clinical characteristics …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: We compared findings from timed barium esophagrams (TBEs)
and esophageal pressure topography studies among achalasia subtypes and in relation to …

Recent advances in the treatment of achalasia include the use of high-resolution manometry
to predict the outcome of patients and the introduction of peroral endoscopic myotomy …

Past studies have shown that catheter diameter is one of the device-dependent problems
which influence the manometric results in the conventional water perfusion esophageal …