This recent report by Rohof and colleagues provides a retrospective analysis of manometric and clinical outcome data from the European Achalasia Trial, a large European prospective trial of 201 ...

Is laparoscopic repair preferable to pneumatic dilation for patients with achalasia? The authors performed a randomized trial, assigning 95 patients to pneumatic dilation and 106 patients to ...

Achalasia is a chronic oesophageal motility disorder characterised by impaired relaxation of the lower oesophageal sphincter (LOS) and loss of peristalsis. This condition results in progressive ...

POEM is one of a growing number of surgeries to use the body's natural orifices for entry, thus eliminating the need for traditional incisions. Jorge Sobenes is a husband and father who loves to cook ...

A heatmap overlay highlighting regions of interest by the AI model. The bright red/yellow area is centered over the esophagus, indicating the model is detecting an abnormality in that region, likely ...

This review article published in LabMed Discovery delves into the complex and clinically significant connection between achalasia, a chronic esophageal motility disorder, and the subsequent ...

PHOENIX — Targeted education for ED clinicians and gastroenterologists and implementation of a rapid referral process improved biopsy rates and diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis, according to late ...

Researchers in Japan have developed an artificial intelligence model that simplifies the diagnosis of esophageal achalasia, a rare disorder affecting the movement of the esophagus, from routine chest ...