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You are here: Home / Videos / Achalasia variants & non-achalasia motility disorders: To treat or not to treat

Achalasia variants & non-achalasia motility disorders: To treat or not to treat

 

This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Ellen Morrow during the Achalasia Management: Nuanced Care for a Rare Disease on April 13 2018


Keyword(s): achalasia, antacids, anti-cholinergics, antidepressants, antireflux surgery, ARS, bolus clearance, chest pain, Chicago classification, curative therapy, DCI, DES, distal esophageal spasm, dysphagia, EGJ outflow obstruction, EGJOO, endoscopic ultrasound, endpoint, esophageal emptying, esophagogastrojejunostomy outflow obstruction, esophagram, esophagus, EUS, foregut, fundoplication, GERD, high resolution manometry, HRM, hypermotility disorders, hypertensive LES, hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter, innervation, jackhammer esophagus, LES, lower esophageal sphincter, manometric diagnosis, metabolic, motility disorders, multidisciplinary, multimodal, myotomy, Nissen fundoplication, nutcracker esophagus, observational trial, opiates, outcome, palliation, panesophageal pressurization, paraesophageal hernia, PEH, per oral endoscopic myotomy, peristalsis, pH study, POEM, PPI, proton pump inhibitors, reflux, resolution, smooth muscle relaxants, spastic disorders, swallowing, symptom improvement, symptom relief, treatment, Type I achalasia, Type II achalasia, Type III achalasia, workup

Chicago classification–14 sec

Citation–51 sec JAMA 2015

Hypermotility disorders–2:01

EGJOO–2:22 Neurogastroenterol Motil 2017

Neurogastroenterol Motil 2017 Schupack

Motility disorder tx overview–4:12

Myotomy–5:08 Arch Surg 1995

POEM–5:38 J Gastrointest Surg 2015

Nissen–7:07

Conclusion–8:59

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Learning Themes
Foregut
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2018 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Morrow E
Video Institutions
University of Utah--Salt Lake City UT


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