Achalasia is a rare but serious condition that affects your esophagus, the tube that carries food from your throat to your stomach. With achalasia, your lower esophageal sphincter (LES) fails to open ...

Achalasia happens when the processes that move food to your stomach don’t work properly. For food and liquids to pass from your mouth to your stomach, two things need to happen after you swallow.

Use of per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for esophageal achalasia increased dramatically during the past decade, a retrospective study found, and while the procedure appears just as safe as ...

Achalasia cardia is a swallowing disorder that falls into an unusual category. It’s both very rare as well as one of the most common causes of motor-related swallowing difficulty. The condition only ...

Achalasia is the best understood example of an esophageal motility disorder and characterized by esophageal aperistalsis and impaired relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. The histopathology ...

Achalasia is a fairly rare (prevalence ∼1 case per 10,000 population) oesophageal motility disorder of unknown aetiology with a worldwide distribution. Traditional treatments primarily include ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A very simple act that we do day in and day out to stay alive was literally choking one Northeast Philadelphia woman. But she says a procedure done at Temple Health changed her ...

This recent report by Rohof and colleagues provides a retrospective analysis of manometric and clinical outcome data from the European Achalasia Trial, a large European prospective trial of 201 ...

Individuals with achalasia showed a higher risk for mortality than matched reference individuals from the general population, with one additional death per six individuals with achalasia observed over ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Achalasia was associated with an increased risk for esophageal cancer among a cohort of ...

Achalasia is a disorder of the esophagus, or food pipe, which causes the cells and muscles to lose function. This can lead to difficulties with swallowing, chest pain, and regurgitation. Achalasia can ...