Esophageal Motility Disorders - 11/05/15
Résumé |
The diagnosis of esophageal motility disorders has been greatly enhanced with the development of high-resolution esophageal manometry studies and the Chicago Classification. Both hypomotility disorders and hypercontractility disorders of the esophagus have new diagnostic criteria. For the foregut surgeon, new diagnostic criteria for esophageal motility disorders have implications for decision-making during fundoplication and may expand the role of surgical therapy for esophageal achalasia by clarifying diagnostic criteria.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : High-resolution manometry, Esophageal motility, Achalasia, Spastic motility disorder, Peristalsis, Fundoplication
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Vol 95 - N° 3
P. 467-482 - juin 2015 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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