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Background: Proximal esophageal striated muscle contractility may be abnormal in patients with esophageal symptoms, but is not assessed in the Chicago Classification (CC) v3.0. We aimed to (a) determine the prevalence of abnormal proximal esophageal contractility
Esophageal perforation after anesthesia is rare. It is usually secondary to esophageal instrumentation. Only one case of barogenic rupture after regional anesthesia has been reported. We report two additional cases and present possible mechanisms for this unusual entity. Neither patient had anatomic
Several studies concerning the relationships between gastroesophageal reflux (GOR), gastric emptying and esophageal motility are available. So far, results have been contradictory. The purpose of this work was to study gastric emptying in patients with GOR; to search for simultaneous esophageal
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The clinical spectrum of chronic intestinal dysmotility (CID) is not well known. We determined the spectrum of motor abnormalities, underlying pathology, clinical course, and response to treatment of adults with CID at a tertiary referral center.
METHODS
This was a descriptive
Subtypes of functional dyspepsia (FD), including refluxlike dyspepsia, ulcerlike dyspepsia, dysmotility-like dyspepsia, and nonspecific dyspepsia, have been described and are widely used clinically. However, these symptom patterns often overlap, and the terms are insufficient for indicating all FD
Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune exocrinopathy that primarily affects the salivary glands but can also involve almost any other part of the gut. The most distressing manifestation of SS is xerostomia secondary to destruction of the salivary glands. The lack of saliva also leads to difficulty
Transdermal nicotine delivery systems are widely used in smoking cessation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether common symptoms of pyrosis and dyspepsia associated with these patches are related to gastroesophageal reflux or esophageal dysmotility. Twenty-seven paid volunteer
Achalasia is a rare esophageal motility disorder that is characterized by a loss of peristalsis in the distal esophagus and failure of lower esophageal sphincter relaxation. The risk of developing esophageal motility disorders, including achalasia, following bariatric surgery is controversial and
The treatment of the rare enteric nervous system (ENS) manifestations of paraneoplastic syndromes, which are most frequently associated with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), is poorly understood and described. Patients with neuroendocrine-derived tumors can develop B-cell reactivity towards the tumor
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The epidemiology of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms has been described in population surveys, yet their distribution by socio-economic (social) class remains largely uninvestigated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of social class on GI symptoms in an urban sample of
Although more extensive research is required to fully characterize the pathophysiology of the gastrointestinal symptoms in PD, much of the presently available data suggest that the primary PD process is the major factor in the etiology of gut dysfunction in this patient population. This may be
Thyroid disease is common, and its effects on the gastrointestinal system are protean, affecting most hollow organs. Hashimoto disease, the most common cause of hypothyroidism, may be associated with an esophageal motility disorder presenting as dysphagia or heartburn. Dyspepsia, nausea, or vomiting