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Achalasia Diagnosis and Treatment /

This comprehensive  book covers the diagnosis and treatment of esophageal achalasia. The successful management of patients with this disease, whose treatment can be complex and usually performed in specialized tertiary-care centres, is described by internationally renowned authors. Detailed operatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Fisichella, P. Marco (Editor ), Herbella, Fernando A. M. (Editor ), Patti, Marco G. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1.  A one hundred year journey: the history of surgery for esophageal achalasia
  • 2. Pathophysiology of Achalasia
  • 3. Clinical Presentation and diagnostic evaluation
  • 4. Achalasia and Chagas Disease
  • 5. Botulinum Toxin Injection
  • 6. Pneumatic dilatation
  • 7. Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)
  • 8. Heller Mytotomy for Achalasia: From the Thoracoscopic to the Laparoscopic Approach
  • 9. Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Fundoplication: What Type?
  • 10. Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Dor Fundoplication
  • 11. Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy with Toupet Partial Posterior Fundoplication
  • 12. Achalasia and Epiphrenic Diverticulum
  • 13. Thoracoscopic Treatment of Epiphrenic Diverticula Associated with Achalasia
  • 14. The Surgical Management of Achalasia in the Morbid Obese Patient
  • 15. Treatment of Achalasia in the Patient with Dilated Esophagus
  • 16. Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Recurrent Dysphagia after Heller Myotomy
  • 17. Esophagectomy for End Stage Achalasia
  • 18. Achalasia and Eating Disorders
  • 19. Achalasia in the Pediatric Population.