Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management of Achalasia
Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management of Achalasia Dr. Pandolfino, et. al have written a nice summary of Achalasia detailing diagnosis,...
Histopathologic patterns among achalasia subtypes
Histopathologic patterns among achalasia subtypes Biopsies were taken from 46 myotomy patients: 20 type 1, 20 type 2, 3 type 3 and 3 EGJ...
Fast Track Surgery and Enhanced Recovery Protocols
As a multi-surgery patient, I've got to say, this makes me very angry! "the concept of the "fast-track methodology" has uniformly...
Diagnosing Achalasia
A great paper was written by researchers in Norway and Germany discussing the misdiagnosis of Achalasia. Specifically, this paper...
PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGEAL SURGERY
"Open esophageal surgery has long been associated with significant morbidity and pain. Upper abdominal incisions lead to respiratory...
Achalasia and cardiopulmonary arrest
"Respiratory distress and arrest from tracheal compression secondary to megaoesophagus are rare complications of achalasia. We present...