Eating too fast, talking while you’re chowing down, not chewing enough or munching on dry foods might cause difficulty ...

There is no reliable treatment for ineffective esophageal motility (IEM), a disorder caused by failed smooth-muscle contraction that is common in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Another potential cause of esophageal spasm is spastic achalasia, a rare motility disorder (trouble moving food through the body). With spastic achalasia, your esophageal muscles don't contract ...

d: Midesophageal propulsion diverticulum with esophageal motility disorder (see Video 5). e; Normal peristaltic sequence for comparison with slow esophageal transit (see Video 6). f; Hypotensive ...

The extension of the myotomy onto the gastric wall (clearly the most critical and challenging part of the operation) proved difficult because of poor exposure, with the consequent risk of a short ...

Methods: Two hundred thirty-six patients (159 females, age 47 ± 14 years) with typical and atypical GERD symptom(s) for > 3 months underwent standard water perfused esophageal manometry (EM ...

CERTAIN lesions of the esophagus, whether localized like a web or more diffuse like scleroderma, may impair esophageal distensibility without narrowing the width of the esophageal lumen as it is ...

The benefit is that you do not have a tube in your nose for 24 hours. The limitation is that this requires an EGD. Esophageal Manometry. This entails a narrow tube being placed into the end of your ...