TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fisichella,P.Marco
AU  - Herbella,Fernando A.M.
AU  - Patti,Marco G.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Achalasia: Diagnosis and Treatment 
SN  - 9783319135694
AV  - RC799-869 
U1  - 616.33 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Gastroenterology
KW  - Thoracic surgery
KW  - Medicine & Public Health
KW  - Thoracic Surgery
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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