Peroral endoscopic myotomy as a platform for the treatment of spastic esophageal disorders refractory to medical therapy (with video)

Mouen A Khashab; Payal Saxena; Vivek Kumbhari; Monica Nandwani; Bani Chander Roland; Ellen Stein; John O Clarke; Stavros Stavropoulos; Haruhiro Inoue; Pankaj J Pasricha

doi:10.1016/j.gie.2013.08.021

Peroral endoscopic myotomy as a platform for the treatment of spastic esophageal disorders refractory to medical therapy (with video)

Gastrointest Endosc. 2014 Jan;79(1):136-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2013.08.021.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Winthrop University Hospital, Meneola, New York, USA.
³ Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.

PMID: 24342590
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2013.08.021

No abstract available

Keywords: DCI; DES; EGJ; HRM; LES; diffuse esophageal spasm; distal contractile integral; esophagogastric junction; high-resolution manometry; lower esophageal sphincter.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Esophageal Spasm, Diffuse / physiopathology
Esophageal Spasm, Diffuse / surgery*
Esophageal Sphincter, Lower / surgery*
Esophagoscopy*
Female
Humans
Manometry
Middle Aged