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Achalasia : Diagnosis and Treatment / edited by P. Marco Fisichella, Fernando A. M. Herbella, Marco G. Patti.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gastroenterology.
- Chest--Surgery.
- Chest.
- Thoracic Surgery.
- Local Subjects:
- Gastroenterology.
- Thoracic Surgery.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2016.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 operations and current diagnostic and management strategies are discussed, giving the reader expert knowledge in specific aspects of Achalasia. Achalasia: Diagnosis and Treatment is ideal for residents, fellows and specialists in both general and thoracic surgical disciplines as well as in gastroenterology.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- ISBN:
- 3-319-13569-4
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