Treatment of Achalasia associated with epiphrenic diverticula
J Solt, C Csizmadia, AV Illés, P Acél, Ö Horváth, Á Vincze · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2014 · Heft 05
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Introduction: Epiphrenic diverticula are very rarely seen and are often associated with achalasia, oesophageal body dysmotility and a high resting lower oesophageal sphincter pressure. Material and methods: We performed pneumatic dilatation in 400 patients with achalasia in the period from 1981 to 2014. Retrospective review of data of this study population and some other dysphagic cases we selected and looked over the patients with oesophageal diverticula. All patients were investigated by means of endoscopy, radiological barium swallows and the parts of our patients were underwent oesophageal manometry. Patient…