The clinical impact of routine esophagram after peroral endoscopic myotomy.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2020.05.046
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS It is unclear whether the common practice of postoperative day (POD) 1 esophagram impacts clinical care or reliably identifies significant adverse events (AE) related to peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). Therefore, we aimed… read more here.
Keywords: endoscopic myotomy; leak dissection; esophagram; peroral endoscopic ... See more keywords
Computed Tomography Scan for the Etiologies of Dysphagia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2018.02.012
Abstract: We previously publish a case series of nonaneurysmatic dysphagia aortica in the elderly in this journal.1 Dysphagia aortica occurs because of extrinsic compression of the esophagus by the aorta. Diagnostic tools include chest radiography, esophagram,… read more here.
Keywords: tomography scan; computed tomography; scan etiologies; dysphagia aortica ... See more keywords