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 i
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Achalasia Diagnosis and Treatment
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Achalasia
P. Marco Fisichella Fernando A.M. Herbella • Marco G. Patti Editors
Achalasia Diagnosis and Treatment
Editors P. Marco Fisichella Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School West Roxbury Massachusetts USA
Marco G. Patti Surgery University of Chicago Chicago Illinois USA
Fernando A.M. Herbella Surgery São Paulo Medical School São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
ISBN 978-3-319-13568-7 ISBN 978-3-319-13569-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13569-4
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015951963 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To Dr. Melina R. Kibbe, inspiration and role model for those who have committed their lives to academic surgery.
Contents
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A One Hundred Year Journey: The History of Surgery for Esophageal Achalasia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. Marco Fisichella and Marco G. Patti
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Pathophysiology of Achalasia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wai-Kit Lo and Hiroshi Mashimo
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Clinical Presentation and Diagnostic Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . Marco E. Allaix, Mauricio Ramirez, and Marco G. Patti
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Achalasia and Chagas’ Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rafael M. Laurino Neto, Barbara Fernandes Nadaleto, Fernando A.M. Herbella, and Marco G. Patti
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Botulinum Toxin for Achalasia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hiroshi Mashimo
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Pneumatic Dilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vijaya Rao and Robert Kavitt
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Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc A. Ward and Michael B. Ujiki
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Heller Myotomy for Achalasia. From the Thoracoscopic to
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