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Title:Achalasia [electronic resource] : Diagnosis and Treatment / edited by P. Marco Fisichella, Fernando A. M. Herbella, Marco G. Patti.
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ISBN:9783319135694
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Edition:1st ed. 2016.
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Publication:Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
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Physical Description:XI, 140 p. 70 illus., 35 illus. in color : online resource.
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Links:Online book
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Summary: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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In_:Springer eBooks
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Variant and related titles:Springer ebooks.
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Contents: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.
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Subjects:Medicine.
Gastroenterology.
Chest--Surgery.
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Also listed under:Fisichella, P. Marco.
Herbella, Fernando A. M.
Patti, Marco G.
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Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12636632