Laparoscopic Heller myotomy improves swallowing in more than 90% of patients. What causes the relatively few failures reported is still incompletely understood. Typically, a failed Heller myotomy is ...

The aim of the "How To..." section is to provide guidance on how to perform a range of procedures used for evaluation of patients with motility-related upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract disorders.

Classic techniques like videofluoroscopy, stationary manometry, and ambulatory 24 h pH-metry are routinely used in the clinic to study patients with dysphagia, chest pain and reflux-related symptoms.

Trinity Endoscopy Center in Steubenville, Ohio, acquired the ManoScan ESO esophageal manometry test, according to a Herald Star report. Board-certified gastroenterologists Himanshu Desai, MD, and ...

The first seven steps in a Guarner fundoplication are identical to the first seven in a Nissen fundoplication. The wrap, however, differs in that it extends around only 240º to 280º of the esophageal ...